People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
ERMA BOMBECKIt seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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Children make your life important.
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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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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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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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If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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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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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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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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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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