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.
ERMA BOMBECKNever go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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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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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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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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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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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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He who laughs lasts.
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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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