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Erma Bombeck

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Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) was an American humorist and columnist who found comedy in the everyday chaos of suburban domestic life. Her syndicated newspaper column reached millions of readers, and her bestselling books — including *The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank* — made her one of America's most beloved humor writers.

“My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.”

— Erma Bombeck

Car

All Quotes by Erma Bombeck

“Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.”

— Erma Bombeck

Car

“There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.”

— Erma Bombeck

Morning

“Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy.”

— Erma Bombeck

Design

“Most women put off entertaining until the kids are grown.”

— Erma Bombeck

Women

“Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.”

— Erma Bombeck

Dreams

“I haven't trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I've never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.”

— Erma Bombeck

Life

“Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.”

— Erma Bombeck

Car

“Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.”

— Erma Bombeck

Medical

“I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.”

— Erma Bombeck

Women

“Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.”

— Erma Bombeck

Family

“All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.”

— Erma Bombeck

Courage

“Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments.”

— Erma Bombeck

Car

“Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.”

— Erma Bombeck

Alone

“What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?”

— Erma Bombeck

Men

“God created man, but I could do better.”

— Erma Bombeck

God

“Getting out of the hospital is a lot like resigning from a book club. You're not out of it until the computer says you're out of it.”

— Erma Bombeck

Medical

“Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.”

— Erma Bombeck

Funny

“Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go.”

— Erma Bombeck

Home

“Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.”

— Erma Bombeck

Age

“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”

— Erma Bombeck

Humor