Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
ERMA BOMBECKWhen 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’.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Women 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.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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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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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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