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House Quotes - Page 9

Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.

C. S. Lewis (1952). “Mere Christianity: a revised and enlarged edition, with a new introduction, of the three books, The case for Christianity, Christian behaviour, and Beyond personality”, Scribner Paper Fiction

I grew up in a very nice house in Houston, went to private school all my life and I've never even been to the 'hood. Not that there's anything wrong with the 'hood.

"New Again: Destiny’s Child". Interview with Suzanne Hodges, Lorraine Bracco, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 29, 2013.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Sherman Alexie (2013). “Flight: A Novel”, p.16, Open Road Media

Women do act their part when they do make their ordered houses know them.

James Sheridan Knowles (1823). “Caius Gracchus: A Tragedy, in Five Acts”, p.23

I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.'

"Former Texas Governor Ann Richards Dies at 73". www.foxnews.com. September 14, 2006.

One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.

Alan Paton (2003). “Cry, the Beloved Country”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

William Cowper (1810). “The Task: A Poem. In Six Books”, p.89

We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.

"Multi-millionaire Hillary tells ABC she was 'dead broke' (and deflects on Benghazi)" by Howard Kurtz, www.foxnews.com. June 10, 2014.