Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
ERMA BOMBECKLike religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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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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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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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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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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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Cleanliness 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.
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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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