It was a very odd household, because the grandmothers were so different. Both of them had their own pianos. So it would be duelling pianos by grandmothers.

- Diane Cilento

I grew up in a completely bookless household. It was my father's boast that he had never read a book from end to end.

- John le Carre

I'm a big fan of the poet Mary Jo Salter, and although she doesn't need to be discovered at all - she's widely admired and anthologized and extremely accomplished - I wish she were a household name.

- J. R. Moehringer

Drama school introduced me to a world I had no idea about. I wasn't brought up in a literary household at all.

- Imelda Staunton

In 1944 James Arthur and Minnie Susan were added to the Marx household.

- Harpo Marx

One sometimes feels a guest of one's time and not a member of its household.

- George F. Kennan

Well, nine times out of ten when you have 2 or 3 stars in a household you have an unfortunate amount of competition that's not necessarily a healthy competition.

- Edwin Starr

Good household decision-making often relies on thinking about your household like a firm.

- Emily Oster

In my household there is an insane amount of laughter and celebration.

- Edie Falco

I was brought up in a household with sir and ma'am.

- Darrell Issa

I was one of six kids in a single-parent household.

- America Ferrera

The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.

- Caleb Cushing

I grew up in a very Catholic household. We were pretty conservative.

- Cristela Alonzo

I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.

- Chris Hayes

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in a household is the mother.

- Beverly Jones

Am I a household name? I still can't get my head around that.

- Brendan Coyle

My earliest influences were things I heard in my household.

- Boz Scaggs

My household is, in a nice way, very busy.

- Ann Brashares

I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.

- Aminatta Forna

I'm a private victim of a peculiar household.

- Anthony Horowitz