The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
ERMA BOMBECKIf you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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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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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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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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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
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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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He who laughs lasts.
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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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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
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