The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
ERMA BOMBECKFor years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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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’.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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Success is outliving your failures.
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Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.
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A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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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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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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I 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?
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