One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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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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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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Housework can kill you if done right.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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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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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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