Breadwinner Quotes

Whatever expenditure is sanctioned-even when it is sanctioned against the ministry's wish-the ministry must find the money. Accordingly, they have the strongest motive to oppose extra outlay.... The ministry is (so to speak) the breadwinner of the political family, and has to meet the cost of philanthropy and glory; just as the head of a family has to pay for the charities of his wife and the toilette of his daughters. (Walter Bagehot)
The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother. View quote
Dorothy Fields
If you love somebody, you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner, my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work, whatever the situation. View quote
Katherine Jenkins
The typical minimum wage earner is a provider and a breadwinner - most likely a woman - responsible for paying bills, running a household and raising children. View quote
Thomas Perez
I am a single mom and I'm the breadwinner and I have to work and I have to do these things and that's just the way it is. I don't think my son even knows any different. View quote
Charisma Carpenter
Although our grammar schools are teaching a whole generation computer language to adjust to the technological needs of a Stage II society, we have neglected to teach this generation relationship language and conflict resolution skills to address the social and psychological needs of a Stage II society. And when it is taught, in countries like Germany, although called "social competence” it focuses on workplace teamwork -- still on survival, breadwinner oriented work goals. View quote
Warren Farrell
Divorce can be tough when the woman is the breadwinner. But the Lord can make the dark light. View quote
Betty Wright
My mom was the breadwinner in my family. I always thought, 'That's how it is.' I never thought that was the exception. View quote
Colin Jost
I worry that some politicians still think we are living in the 1950s where the man is the main breadwinner and the woman works for pin money. Actually, most families where there are two parents depend on two incomes to get by. View quote
Frances O'Grady
I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience. View quote
Shirley Bassey
In a home where there is an able-bodied husband, he is expected to be the breadwinner. (Ezra Taft Benson)
Considering the absence of legal coercion, the surprising thing is that men have for so long, and, on the whole, so reliably, adhered to what we might call the breadwinner ethic. View quote
Barbara Ehrenreich
If a man is a writer, everybody tiptoes around past the locked door of the breadwinner. But if you're an ordinary female housewife, people say, 'This is just something Barbara wanted to do; it's not professional.' View quote
Barbara Tuchman