No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
ERMA BOMBECKNo one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
ERMA BOMBECKGrandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
ERMA BOMBECKCleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn’t even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.
ERMA BOMBECKWhen you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
ERMA BOMBECKI worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
ERMA BOMBECKMaybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
ERMA BOMBECKI 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.
ERMA BOMBECKIt is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
ERMA BOMBECKChildren make your life important.
ERMA BOMBECKCleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
ERMA BOMBECKHe who laughs lasts.
ERMA BOMBECKOnion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
ERMA BOMBECKHousework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
ERMA BOMBECKEvery puppy should have a boy.
ERMA BOMBECKOne 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.
ERMA BOMBECKMy idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
ERMA BOMBECK