Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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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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Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn’t turn it on.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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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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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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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, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, its unplanned, it’s full of suprises.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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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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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
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