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 BOMBECKSometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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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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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
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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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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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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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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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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
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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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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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