Domestic Hot Water

Famous quotes containing the words hot water, domestic, hot and/or water:

    A woman is like a teabag—only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.
    Nancy Reagan (b. 1923)

    Having an identity at work separate from an identity at home means that the work role can help absorb some of the emotional shock of domestic distress. Even a mediocre performance at the office can help a person repair self-esteem damaged in domestic battles.
    Faye J. Crosby (20th century)

    Like to the time o’ th’ year between the extremes
    Of hot and cold, he was nor sad nor merry.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The work of the world is common as mud.
    Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.
    But the thing worth doing well done
    has a shape that satisfies, clean and evident.
    ...
    The pitcher cries for water to carry
    and a person for work that is real.
    Marge Piercy (b. 1936)