Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
ERMA BOMBECKI read one psychologist’s theory that said, “Never strike a child in your anger.” When could I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he’s recuperating from measles? Do I slap the Bible out of his hand on Sunday?
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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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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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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I 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.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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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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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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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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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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