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 worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.
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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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Children make your life important.
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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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The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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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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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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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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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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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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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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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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