I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
ERMA BOMBECKI 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.
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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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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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Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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Children make your life important.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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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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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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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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