There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
ERMA BOMBECKI 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
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Children make your life important.
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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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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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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 seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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He who laughs lasts.
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