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.
ERMA BOMBECKI 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.
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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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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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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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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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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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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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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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