Cleaning Quotes and Cleaning Sayings
Here are some relatable quotes for that love-hate relationship we all have with cleaning. Don’t feel like cleaning? Today, more busy and hard-working people than ever are turning to professional maid services to have their homes cleaned from top to bottom. Hiring a cleaning service allows you the satisfaction of coming home to a clean space while also freeing up more of your valuable time.
Yes, it will always be cheaper to handle your own household cleaning. However, when you factor in the actual value of your precious time, it’s easy to see why so many people turn to professional cleaning services instead. The small amount you’ll pay to have a maid take care of those tedious cleaning tasks can quickly pay off, allowing you to spend more time with loved ones and doing the things you truly enjoy.
Top Cleaning Quotes
P.J. O’Rourke
Everybody wants to save the earth; no one wants to help mom do the dishes.
Maid Sailors
A recurring cleaning will make you a happy person.
Cecil Baxter
You don’t get anything clean without getting something else dirty.
Shelley Malec Vitale
I think homes that are too tidy, neat and sparse look like nothing interesting is going on.
Rose Macaulay
At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
Lisa Wingate
That’s the only thing you can do with a mess. Start cleaning it up, a little at a time.
Marcelene Cox
Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door.
Author Unknown
Our house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy.
Marie Kondo
The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happiness living within that environment.
Erma Bombeck
Housework, if you do it right, can kill you.
Evan Esar
Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn’t done it.
Joleigh Little
Cleaning with children in the house really is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos.
Phyllis Diller
Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance?
Kurt Vonnegut
Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
Erma Bombeck
Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter-productivity.
Terri Guillemets
Sometimes clean feels empty. A bit of clutter and dirt gladdens the heart and affirms a life in progress.
Katie Lee
I love cooking except for an annoying step – cleaning up.
Rosanna Barr
Excuse the mess but we are trying to live here.
Agatha Christie
The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.
Radhika Mundra
Nothing inspires cleanliness more than an unexpected guest.
Jennifer Morrison
Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I don’t need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed.
Celia Cruz
I always clean before the cleaning lady comes. If not, when I come home, I can’t find anything. Cleaning ladies are always hiding things you leave out.
Rose Macaulay
At worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
Erma Bombeck
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Phyllis Diller
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.
Ann Oakley
Housework is work directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization.
Bobby Berk
De-cluttering can be overwhelming, so start with that one small thing. Clean out your junk drawers. It can lead to so many more beautiful things. Start there, and you’ll find yourself cleaning the whole rest of the house.
Garrett Clayton
I love doing the dishes… not for the act of cleaning but because I get to put my headphones in, listen to music, and ignore the world for an hour, and it’s totally acceptable because I’m cleaning.
Louisa May Alcott
Housekeeping ain’t no joke.
Hoosier Farmer
Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots.
Phyllis Diller
If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door, greet him with, “Who could have done this? We have no enemies.
Ryan Adams
You could eat sushi off my bookshelf. My cleaning regime is like a battleground. I’m Genghis Khan and my cleaning products are my Mongolian army and I take no prisoners. The rest of my life is an experiment in chaos so I like to keep my flat neat.
Meagan Francis
Cleaning and organizing is a practice not a project.
Joan Rivers
I hate housework. You make the beds, you wash the dishes and six months later you have to start all over again.
Ruby Lou Barnhill
A bright person can always think of something better to do than housework.
Victoria Pendleton
People may think I’m crazy, but one of the ways I like to wind down my Friday is to get some of our household chores done, whether it’s cleaning or doing a big food shop, so the house is all nice for the weekend.
Chris Hemsworth
I have sporadic OCD cleaning moments around the house. But then I get lazy and I’m cured. It’s a very inconsistent personality trait.
Dave Barry
Dogs do not grasp the concept of house cleaning.
Maid Sailors
If you want your deposit back, never forget to book a move out cleaning.
Author Unknown
A clean house is the sign of a boring person.
Larry David
I don’t like people cleaning my room.
Marty Rubin
Sweeping only moves the dust somewhere else.
Mario Buatta
Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.
Bette Midler
My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors.
Marcus Buckingham
We dream of having a clean house – but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning?
Roseanne Barr
Excuse the mess, but we live here.
Ernest Vincent Wright
A man thinks all dust stays outdoors.