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’.
ERMA BOMBECKEvery puppy should have a boy.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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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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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 humor goes, there goes civilization.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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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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Children make your life important.
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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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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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Success is outliving your failures.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
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