Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
ERMA BOMBECKI’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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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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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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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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Every puppy should have a boy.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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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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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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Success is outliving your failures.
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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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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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