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 BOMBECKIt takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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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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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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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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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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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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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 am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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