Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
ERMA BOMBECKOnion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
ERMA BOMBECKI read one psychologist’s theory that said, “Never strike a child in your anger.” When could I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he’s recuperating from measles? Do I slap the Bible out of his hand on Sunday?
ERMA BOMBECKSuccess is outliving your failures.
ERMA BOMBECKHave you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn’t turn it on.
ERMA BOMBECKHousework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
ERMA BOMBECKKids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
ERMA BOMBECKWomen are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
ERMA BOMBECKA grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
ERMA BOMBECKChildren make your life important.
ERMA BOMBECKEncourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
ERMA BOMBECKHe who laughs lasts.
ERMA BOMBECKHousework can kill you if done right.
ERMA BOMBECKCleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn’t even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.
ERMA BOMBECKA grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
ERMA BOMBECKMy idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
ERMA BOMBECKNever have more children than you have car windows.
ERMA BOMBECK