I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
ERMA BOMBECKIf 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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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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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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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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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.
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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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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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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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He who laughs lasts.
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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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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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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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