Erma Bombeck Quotes

  • The term 'working mother' is redundant.Upload to Facebook
    The term 'working mother' is redundant.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • In a society of supersophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.Upload to Facebook
    In a society of supersophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • 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'.Upload to Facebook
    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'.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • When your mother asks, "Do you want a piece of advice?" it's a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • At the end of my I life I hope I would not have a single bit of talent left and tell God I used everything you gave me.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • Never have more children than you have car windows.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
    ~ Erma Bombeck
  • Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, "No thank you" to desert that night. And for what?
    ~ Erma Bombeck
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