Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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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Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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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 haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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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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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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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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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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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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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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