Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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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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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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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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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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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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Housework can kill you if done right.
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I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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