Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
ERMA BOMBECKNever go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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He who laughs lasts.
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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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Cleanliness 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.
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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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A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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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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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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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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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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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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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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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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