Every puppy should have a boy.
ERMA BOMBECKWhen my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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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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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
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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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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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Children make your life important.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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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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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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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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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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