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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.

“Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.”

— Erma Bombeck

Mom

All Quotes by Erma Bombeck

“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”

— Erma Bombeck

Mom

“A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.”

— Erma Bombeck

Birthday

“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”

— Erma Bombeck

Humor

“Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.”

— Erma Bombeck

Car

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

— Erma Bombeck

Women

“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”

— Erma Bombeck

Thanksgiving

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

— Erma Bombeck

Humor

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

— Erma Bombeck

God

“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

“If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.”

— Erma Bombeck

Sports

“I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.”

— Erma Bombeck

Society

“Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.”

— Erma Bombeck

Funny

“Children make your life important.”

— Erma Bombeck

Life

“It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.”

— Erma Bombeck

Car

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

— Erma Bombeck

Morning

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

— Erma Bombeck

Car

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

— Erma Bombeck

Men

“Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.”

— Erma Bombeck

Mom

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

— Erma Bombeck

Design

“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