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Bathe Quotes

Lines on washing, caring, and everyday ritual.

This page groups quotes around the word "bathe," from women entrusted to feed and bathe children to a poetic river describing its own waters. See Children too.

The idea that you must bathe every day is, to a certain extent, a manufacture on the part of the soap industry.

Quotes by Adam Conover

I may be smelly and I may be old, Rough in my pebbles, reedy in my pools, But where my fish float by I bless their swimming, And I like the people to bathe in me especially women.

Quotes by Stevie Smith

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.

Quotes by Stephen Baker

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

Quotes by Robert Burns

Adorn Quotes

I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.

Quotes by Rachel Platten

Your film is a hit, you bathe in champagne; it flops, a single malt lessens the pain.

Quotes by Pooja Bhatt

It takes a special kind of family to bathe together in their 40s.

Quotes by Paula Pell

I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them.

Quotes by Mandy Patinkin

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself.

Quotes by Lao Tzu

Be Yourself Quotes

What conflicting ideas that we love and embrace these women, and entrust them to raise our children and to feed us and to bathe us, but we keep something as silly as a bathroom separate.

Quotes by Kathryn Stockett

What a dichotomy. What conflicting ideas that we love and embrace these women, and entrust them to raise our children and to feed us and to bathe us, but we keep something as silly as a bathroom separate.

Quotes by Kathryn Stockett

It's the contemporary woman that movies don't know what to do with, other than bathe her in a bridal glow in romantic comedies where both the romance and the comedy are artificial sweeteners.

Quotes by James Wolcott

I mention this fact as tending to support what I have often heard stated, namely, that a shark's sense of smell is so keen that, if men ever bathe in seas where they are found, a shark is almost sure...

Quotes by George Grey

We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.

Quotes by Ethel Waters

Children Quotes

The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.

Quotes by C. S. Forester

Frequently Asked Questions

What ties these Bathe quotes together?
They all use the word "bathe," but range from caregiving roles to a personified river to the comic struggle of bathing a cat.
Is there a caregiving theme in these quotes?
Yes, one repeated sample reflects on women entrusted to feed, raise, and bathe children while facing unequal treatment.
What is the poem about a river bathing people?
It personifies a river describing its own pools and fish, welcoming people, especially women, to bathe in its waters.
Is the cat-bathing quote meant to be funny?
Yes, it humorously frames bathing a cat as requiring brute force, perseverance, and courage of conviction.
Where can I find more quotes about courage?
See Courage for more lines on perseverance in everyday tasks.

One quote turns bathing a cat into a lesson in perseverance and courage. Explore Courage and Adorn for more everyday-ritual themes.