When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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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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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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 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 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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When you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
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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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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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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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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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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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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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