When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.
ERMA BOMBECKIt takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, its unplanned, it’s full of suprises.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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I was trampled to death by a man who believed his luggage would be the first piece off. If he were an experienced traveler, he would know that the first piece of luggage belongs to no one. It’s just a dummy suitcase to give everyone hope.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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Children make your life important.
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I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.
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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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