Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
ERMA BOMBECKHumor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, its unplanned, it’s full of suprises.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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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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When you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
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Success is outliving your failures.
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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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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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