When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
ERMA BOMBECKHumor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, its unplanned, it’s full of suprises.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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He who laughs lasts.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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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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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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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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Housework can kill you if done right.
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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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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
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