“Home will always be Northern Ireland but my schedule means for the next few years I won't be there as much. I can't do the same things that I did a year ago. That is I'm something conscious of, but I'm not sad about it. It's fine.” YearsMeanI CanHomeNextFineConsciousYears AgoIrelandSchedulesNorthern Ireland Author:Rory McIlroy
“I originated a remark many years ago that I think has been copied more than any little thing that I've ever said, and I used it in the follies of 1922. I said America has a unique record. We never lost a war and we never won a conference in our lives. I believe that we could without any degree of egotism, single-handed lick any nation in the world. But we can't confer with Costa Rica and come home with our shirts on.” ThinkingWorldYearsBelieveLittlesHas BeensSaidWarHomeAmericaUsedLostI BelieveNationsRecordsOur LivesDegreesUniqueYears AgoShirtsFollyComing HomeLittle ThingsConferencesCantRemarksEgotismCosta Rica Author:Will Rogers
“The dirty little secret is that I grew up in a household where there were no carbohydrates allowed, ever. No cookies, no bread, no potatoes, no rice. My mother was very extreme in terms of what she served. Since I left home more than 40 years ago, I've been making it right for myself.” YearsLittlesHomeMotherLeftTermSecretGrewGrew UpYears AgoExtremesBreadDirtyHouseholdPotatoesCookiesRiceNaughtyCarbohydrates Author:Ina Garten
“London has changed enormously and so have the English in the past decade. They're more like Americans and more like Europeans, too. They're always eating out, and when they're at home they don't cook the way they did ten years ago. They're all sitting around in cafés, like the Continentals, drinking coffee and chattering and watching the world go by.” WorldWayYearsHomePastChangedTenEatingSittingYears AgoDrinkingLondonDecadesCoffeeCooksSitting AroundDrinking CoffeeEating OutAlways Eating Author:Doris Lessing
“I think it can be hard for any man to sometimes be upstaged by his wife. So when I'm home, I work very hard to be Todd's wife and Jade's mother. I have no problem going back to those traditional roles. I try to be Giada, the young girl that he met 20 years ago and fell in love with.” ThinkingMenTryingYearsSometimesHardProblemHomeYoungMotherGirlRolesWifeMetsYears AgoTraditionalNo ProblemJade Author:Giada De Laurentiis
“Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer.” YearsDoneHomeCan DoModernRocksWallComputerYears AgoRock N RollAdolescenceModern LifeRock N Roll Music Author:Russell Baker
“My mom, for most of her life, was a Holocaust denier. And it was terrible for the entire family to have to deal with until, finally, a couple years ago, we had an intervention. And we had a rabbi come into the home, had him walk her through the history of the Jewish people, and then he made her watch "Schindler's List." And after that, my mom did a complete 180. Now she can't believe it only happened once.” PeopleYearsBelieveMadeHomeHumorFunnyWalksDealsWatchesHappenedMomCoupleTerribleYears AgoMy MomListsHolocaustInterventionRabbiHolocaust DeniersSchindlerSchindler's List Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“Many years ago I had two small children, and I wanted to be able to be home when they got home from school. And I didn't like the direction journalism was taking. I thought if I could write books, I could work at home and have the best of both worlds. I wrote my first mystery while still working full time, and it didn't sell, but the next one did sell, so I quit my job for the world of fiction. Scary, but I've never regretted it for a single day.” IfsWorldWritingYearsFirstsChildrenStillsTwoBookHomeAbleWantedSchoolJobsNextFictionMysteryYears AgoSellsScaryQuittingJournalismIf I CouldI QuitThe Next OneSmall ChildNever RegretBest Of Both Worlds Author:Mary Kay Andrews
“Most of us in the baby-boom generation were raised by full-time mothers. Even as recently as 14 years ago, 6 out of 10 mothers with babies were staying at home. Today that is totally reversed. Does that mean we love our children less than our mothers loved us? No, but it certainly causes a lot of guilt trips.” YearsMeanChildrenDoeHomeTodayMotherCausesInspiringGenerationsBabyYears AgoOur ChildrenGuiltRaisedStayingMothers DayLove Our ChildrenGuilt TripBaby BoomFull Time Mother Author:Jane Pauley
“Fifty years ago people believed, accurately, that they were entitled to seek the blue bird, whereas today they believe, mistakenly, that they're entitled to find it and take it home, in a complimentary cage with a month's supply of birdseed....Those who think they've a right to catch whatever they are free to chase, are doomed to disappointment. That's our generation in a nutshell.” PeopleThinkingYearsBelieveHomeTodayGenerationsMonthsBirdYears AgoBlueDisappointmentFiftyEntitledDoomedCagesOur Generation Author:George Jonas
“Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, 'I want to get out and become like him'. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.” WantYearsChildrenHomeSchoolActorsWifeCarBecomingMetsYears AgoLonelyTownsPortWalesHopkinsBereftHome Town Author:Anthony Hopkins
“You can't make people happy by law. If you said to a bunch of average people two hundred years ago "Would you be happy in a world where medical care is widely available, houses are clean, the world's music and sights and foods can be brought into your home at small cost, traveling even 100 miles is easy, childbirth is generally not fatal to mother or child, you don't have to die of dental abscesses and you don't have to do what the squire tells you" they'd think you were talking about the New Jerusalem and say "yes."” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldYearsChildrenSaidTwoHomeCareLawMotherDiesHouseEasyTalkingCostHundredYears AgoSightCleanAverageAvailableMedicalMilesBunchChildbirthJerusalemMaking People HappyMedical CareDentalSquires Author:Terry Pratchett
“I remember a few years ago I was sitting at home with my wife watching the Oscars. I was sitting on the couch and suddenly heard my voice. It's thrilling. It's interesting that a lot of guys do me. I have a friend who does me on his answering machine so when I call him I talk to myself. I don't really know what that comes from. It doesn't seem to me that I speak in a strange way. My wife says Kevin's (Spacey) the best.” KnowsWayYearsDoeHomeSeemsRememberGuySpeakVoiceInterestingWifeHeardStrangeSittingYears AgoMachinesMy WifeOscarsThrillingCouchesKevinAnswering Machines Author:Christopher Walken
“Look, I made a commitment to corn 17 years ago. Sure, I'm a man. I like to go to a barbecue and see beans that I like: baked beans, red beans, black beans, big plump garbanzos. But in the end, I always come home to my sweet, sweet corn.” MenYearsLooksMadeEndsHomeBigsBlackSweetCommitmentRedYears AgoComing HomeCornBeansBarbecueBaked BeansSweet Corn Author:George Lopez
“But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.” YearsWellsMayDoneHomeInspirationCoursesFoundHouseHavensYears AgoImpressionComing Home Author:Arne Jacobsen
“I can't believe it. Two years ago I was here as a visitor of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and he invited me to come and stay in his motor home. That's the only other time I've been to victory lane.” YearsBelieveI CanTwoHomeVictoryYears AgoTwo YearsInvitedMotorLanesVisitorsTwo Years Ago Author:Denny Hamlin
“God's dream still remains unfulfilled. It was not fulfilled 2,000 years ago, or in the home of any religious leader or any American home, and today the Unification Church is here to pledge to fulfill that dream. We don't want to confine that fulfillment to our Church, but to expand it all over the world. Wouldn't that be the Kingdom of God on earth?” WorldWantYearsStillsHomeDreamTodayEarthChurchReligiousLeaderYears AgoRemainsKingdomsFulfillmentFulfilledKingdom Of GodPledgeUnificationReligious LeadersUnification Church Author:Sun Myung Moon
“I think a lot more people are able to take on a design challenge than ever before. And this was true 20 years ago when the desktop publishing revolution came about that allowed people with Macintosh's at home to produce professional-looking newsletters or publications for the first time. So, there's a long march toward more democratization for design.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsLongHomeAbleChallengesDesignProduceRevolutionFirst TimeYears AgoMarchPublishingPublicationDemocratizationMacintoshDesktopNewslettersDesktop Publishing Author:Khoi Vinh
“There are wonderful low-interest loans you can take out to own your own solar and cut your energy bills down drastically. You can retrofit your home to become more energy efficient with on-bill financing, where the upgrades you make pay for themselves with the energy savings you generate. Ten years ago, there were only a few electric vehicles on the market, and today there are many, many more coming, and with each year the cost of them comes down.” YearsHomeTodayEnergyInterestPayCuttingWonderfulCostTenLowsYears AgoBillsSavingEfficientVehicleElectricLoanSavingsFinancingElectric Vehicles Author:Mark Ruffalo
“I worked at a group home for a survival job years ago, and kids who have a rough home life have always tugged at my heart-strings. I also care a lot about animal cruelty.” YearsHeartHomeCareKidsJobsAnimalGroupsMy HeartSurvivalYears AgoCrueltyStringsRoughAnimal CrueltyHome LifeHeart Strings Author:Mike Colter
“I've sort of remarried a few years ago and have had a couple more children in the last couple of years. And so home life is taking up a lot of my time.” YearsChildrenHomeLastsLife IsCoupleYears AgoMy TimeHome Life Author:David Gilmour
“Over the last few years they have done a superb job in their fight against al-Qaida. As you may recall, our embassy in Jedda (in Saudi Arabia) was overrun some four years ago and a number of foreign workers went home because of violence against them.” YearsMayDoneHomeJobsLastsFightingNumbersFourViolenceYears AgoWorkersAlsFour YearsRecallsArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisSuperbEmbassy Author:David Petraeus
“Two hundred years ago, we were all busy farming and we all had a role to play. The home was a unit of production. We made food and all the things we needed, we took care of our kids and were connected to purpose in our evolution. When the Industrial Revolution came along, it took away a lot of the work the men had done.” MenYearsMadeTwoDonePlayHomeCareKidsPurposeRolesHe ManRevolutionEvolutionNeededHundredYears AgoBusyProductionsConnectedUnitsFarmingIndustrial Revolution Author:Peter Buffett
“I think that most people don't think in terms of an American revolution, they think in terms of a Russian revolution, or even a Ukrainian revolution. But the idea of an American revolution does not occur to most people. And when I came down to the movement milieu seventy-five years ago, the black movement was just starting, and the war in Europe had brought into being the "Double V for Victory" [campaign]: the idea was that we ought to win democracy abroad with democracy at home. And that was the beginning of an American revolution, and most people don't recognize that.” PeopleThinkingYearsDoeIdeasWarHomeWinningBlackTermDemocracyFiveMovementRevolutionOughtVictoryEuropeYears AgoStartingCampaignsFive YearsSeventiesAmerican RevolutionUkrainianMilieuRussian Revolution Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“This was not a good idea coming home for Christmas. I'm too old. Years ago, coming back from schools or trips, I always expected some sort of new perspective or fresh insight about the family on returning. That doesn't happen anymore-the days of revelation about my parents, at least, are over... its time to move on. I think we'd all appreciate that.” ThinkingYearsIdeasHomeHappensSchoolMovingParentPerspectiveYears AgoAppreciateInsightExpectedRevelationsComing HomeGood IdeasComing BackNew PerspectiveOld YearTime To Move OnHome For Christmas Author:Douglas Coupland
“You know what I was thinking about on my way home? How different my life would be if you’d made that gash a little deeper. Or how different yours would be if I’d vaulted myself off a roof nine years ago. Do you ever think about things like that? Like, if either you or I wouldn’t have made it, where would the other one be right now? It was something I thought about all the time: how death changes every remaining moment for those still living.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayYearsLittlesMadeStillsDifferentMomentsHomeWould BeRight NowYears AgoDeeperNineMade ItMy WayRoofNine YearsWay Home Author:Tiffanie DeBartolo
“My shoulders sagged. Really, is it too much to ask that I be able to come home from a long day of work and relax? Oh, no. I have to come home and read a bunch of letters written to the love of my life by his fiancée, who, if I am correct, had him killed a hundred and fifty years ago. Then, as if that is not bad enough, he wants me to explain the Vietnam War.” IfsWantYearsLongWarEnoughHomeAbleAsksToo MuchWrittenHundredYears AgoLettersShouldersBunchFiftyRelaxComing HomeVietnamWant MeVietnam WarLove Of My LifeLong DayHe Wants Me Book:The Mediator #4: Darkest Hour Source: The Mediator #4: Darkest Hour
“And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.” YearsStillsTwoMatterHomeNightLostStrongCitiesDarknessCenturyYears AgoNo Matter WhatWinterStormSecurePatriotismPatrioticSteadyProsperousPilgrimMagnetBeaconsRidgesGraniteStand StrongWinter Night Author:Ronald Reagan
“I think back to the day I drove Michelle and a newborn Malia home from the hospital nearly 11 years ago - crawling along, miles under the speed limit, feeling the weight of my daughter's future resting in my hands. I think about the pledge I made to her that day: that I would give her what I never had - that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father. I knew that day that my own life wouldn't count for much unless she had every opportunity in hers.” IfsThinkingGivingYearsMadeFeelingsHomeHandsWould BeFatherOpportunityMy OwnDadLimitsDaughterYears AgoWeightSpeedMilesIf I CouldMy DaughterHospitalsPledgeMy Own LifeFathers DayNewbornCrawlingAnything In LifeGood FatherSpeed Limits Author:Barack Obama
“The best time to buy a home is always five years ago.” YearsHomeFiveYears AgoFive YearsBest Times Author:Ray Brown
“Years ago someone wrote [about me]: 'She characterizes Molly Weasley as a mother who is only at home looking after the children.' I was deeply offended, because I until a year before that had also been such a mother who was at home all the time taking care of her child [...] What has lesser status and is more difficult than raising a child? And what is more important?” YearsChildrenImportantHomeCareMotherDifficultWiseYears AgoWittyOffendedRaising ChildrenWeasleyMolly Weasley Author:J. K. Rowling
“I learned years ago, I adore acting and I think it's the most alive I know how to be - almost - but I really want a good life. I've been married for 17 years - I know, they call us the last couple. I have a 13-year-old daughter. I have a lovely home life with good friends who aren't in the business... and I have no desire to cost my whole life in pursuit of the career alone.” ThinkingKnowsWantYearsWholeHomeLastsMotherDesireActingCareersKnow HowAliveCoupleCostMarriedDaughterYears AgoWhole LifePursuitLovelyGood LifeGood FriendAdoreHome Life Author:Kathleen Turner
“I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad.” FeelsYearsHomeJobsMy OwnAnimalSeeingMissingMomCoupleLuckyBedYears AgoCatMy MomCookiesSiblingKittenAway From Home Author:Michelle Branch