Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
ERMA BOMBECKTime. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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He who laughs lasts.
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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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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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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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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 am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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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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Housework can kill you if done right.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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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’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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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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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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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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