Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
ERMA BOMBECKI got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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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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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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Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.
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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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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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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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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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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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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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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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