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.
ERMA BOMBECKNever have more children than you have car windows.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
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It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
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He who laughs lasts.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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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 my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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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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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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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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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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