Cats invented self-esteem.
ERMA BOMBECKGiving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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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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The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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Housework can kill you if done right.
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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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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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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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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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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