Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.
ERMA BOMBECKMy kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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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 theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
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Success is outliving your failures.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
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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 second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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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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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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