Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
ERMA BOMBECKCleanliness 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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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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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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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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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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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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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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Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
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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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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Children make your life important.
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