Housework can kill you if done right.
ERMA BOMBECKHousework can kill you if done right.
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 BOMBECKIt takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
ERMA BOMBECKI got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
ERMA BOMBECKI worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
ERMA BOMBECKWhen my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
ERMA BOMBECKNever go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
ERMA BOMBECKOnce you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
ERMA BOMBECKEncourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
ERMA BOMBECKI am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
ERMA BOMBECKChildren make your life important.
ERMA BOMBECKIt is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.
ERMA BOMBECKSuccess is outliving your failures.
ERMA BOMBECKLike religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
ERMA BOMBECKGrandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
ERMA BOMBECKA 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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