Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
ERMA BOMBECKA grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
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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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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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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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If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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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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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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Success is outliving your failures.
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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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He who laughs lasts.
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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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