No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
ERMA BOMBECKEncourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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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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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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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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Children make your life important.
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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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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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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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