It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.
ERMA BOMBECKOnce you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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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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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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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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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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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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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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It is my theory you can’t get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
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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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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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When you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
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Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn’t even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.
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