Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
ERMA BOMBECKA member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Children make your life important.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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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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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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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.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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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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I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie.
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