A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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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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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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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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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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Success is outliving your failures.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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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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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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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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Cats invented self-esteem.
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