The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
ERMA BOMBECKSeize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.
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Children make your life important.
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I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie.
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I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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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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A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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