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’.
ERMA BOMBECKOne never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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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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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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He who laughs lasts.
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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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Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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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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It is my theory you can’t get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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