Children make your life important.
ERMA BOMBECKMy idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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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 a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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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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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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When you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
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He who laughs lasts.
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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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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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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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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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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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