There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
ERMA BOMBECKSeize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Children make your life important.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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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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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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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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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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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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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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I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.
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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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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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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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