Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
ERMA BOMBECKIt is my theory you can’t get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.
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I read one psychologist’s theory that said, “Never strike a child in your anger.” When could I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he’s recuperating from measles? Do I slap the Bible out of his hand on Sunday?
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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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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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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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Cats invented self-esteem.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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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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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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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie.
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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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My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
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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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