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.
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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Children make your life important.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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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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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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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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It is my theory you can’t get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
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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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Housework can kill you if done right.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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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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Success is outliving your failures.
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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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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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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
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