I 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.
ERMA BOMBECKIf a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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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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If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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When you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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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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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn’t even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.
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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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