Cats invented self-esteem.
ERMA BOMBECKIt seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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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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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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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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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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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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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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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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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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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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The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
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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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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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