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Mrs. Pocket was at home, and was in a little difficulty, on account of the baby's having been accommodated with a needle case to keep him quiet during the unaccountable absence (with a relative in the Foot Guards) of Millers. And more needles were missing than it could be regarded as quite wholesome for a patient of such tender years either to apply externally or to take as a tonic.
- Charles Dickens
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.
- Charles Dickens
My poor girl, you have not been very well taught how to make a home for your husband, but unless you mean with all your heart to strive to do it, you had better murder him than marry him — if you really love him.
- Charles Dickens
"You must love this place very much," said Miss Fenn... "So many homes are like twenty others. But this is unique, and you seem to know every cranny of it. I dare say you could never love another home so well." "Oh, I carry it with me," said Deronda... "To most men their early home is no more than a memory of their early years... The image is never marred. There's no disappointment in memory, and one's exaggerations are always on the good side."
- George Eliot
We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.
- Grover Cleveland
The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.
- James Madison
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.
- Stephen Covey
Women who make a house a home make a far greater contribution to society than those who command large armies or stand at the head of impressive corporations.
- Gordon Hinckley
Where men come to and women come together most intimately in sexuality in the home has become suffused with violence.
- Gloria Steinem
A home kept to the end of display is impossible to all but a few women, and their success is dearly bought.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.
- Phillips Brooks
If I were LeBron, I would have gone to Chicago or I would have stayed home and showed a little more loyalty to my city and my team. But I'm not LeBron.
- Stephen Jackson