Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
ERMA BOMBECKA grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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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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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
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Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, its unplanned, it’s full of suprises.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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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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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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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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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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