One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
ERMA BOMBECKDon’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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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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A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.
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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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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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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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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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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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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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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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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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Success is outliving your failures.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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