When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
ERMA BOMBECKI am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.
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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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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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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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He who laughs lasts.
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