Ironing Quotes

Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.

Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.

You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.

I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.

I'm now happily remarried to a good cook, which encourages me to be lazy. I like to think that I'm a new man, but perhaps I'm not. I offset it by doing the ironing, though. She has a small farm in the New Forest with a herd of cattle, so she serves up a steak and kidney pie made with her own beef.

I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.

The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin in the steam iron.

Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.

I'm eighteen years behind in my ironing.

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.