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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies. (Erma Bombeck)
Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving. View quote
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding. View quote
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage. View quote
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Never accept a drink from a urologist. View quote
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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. View quote
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Never have more children than you have car windows. View quote
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity. View quote
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week? View quote
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time. View quote
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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip. (Erma Bombeck)
I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair. View quote
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I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent. View quote
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What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere? View quote
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Housework, if you do it right, will kill you. View quote
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Written on her tombstone: "I told you I was sick. View quote
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There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo. View quote
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Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments. View quote
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Laugh now, cry later. View quote
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Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated. View quote
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Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it. (Erma Bombeck)
I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order. View quote
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I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it. View quote
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God created man, but I could do better. View quote
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Someone once threw me a small, brown, hairy kiwi fruit, and I threw a wastebasket over it until it was dead. View quote
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Erma Bombeck

Occupation: American Humorist
Born: February 21, 1927
Died: April 22, 1996
Quotes count: 137
Wikipedia: Erma Bombeck

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