When humor goes, there goes civilization.
ERMA BOMBECKWhen the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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Children make your life important.
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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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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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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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Housework can kill you if done right.
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I 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?
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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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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
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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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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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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn’t turn it on.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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