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.
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 is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.
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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 remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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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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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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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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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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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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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.
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