Success is outliving your failures.
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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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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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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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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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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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
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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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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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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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