House Quotes

Once there was a house with the ceiling on the floor. Once there was a house with a window in the door, And in the house there lived a dog who was a cat, Who wore a kind of coat that looked just like a hat.

My precept to all who build is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.

Our law calleth a man’s house, his castle, meaning that he may defend himself therein.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

The house of every one is to him as his castle and his fortress, as well as for his defense against injury and violence, as for his repose. For a man’s house is his castle.

A house of which one knew every room wasn’t worth living in.

My house to me is like my castle.

A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.

All I want is a room somewhere, Far away from the cold night air, With one enormous chair – Oh, wouldn’t it be lovely?

A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.