One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
ERMA BOMBECKPeople usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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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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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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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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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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I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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Success is outliving your failures.
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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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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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He who laughs lasts.
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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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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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