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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.

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

— Erma Bombeck

Sports

All Quotes by Erma Bombeck

“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

“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

“Children make your life important.”

— Erma Bombeck

Life

“For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.”

— Erma Bombeck

Home

“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

“I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18 years.'”

— Erma Bombeck

Time

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

— Erma Bombeck

Morning

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

— Erma Bombeck

Women

“It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.”

— Erma Bombeck

Courage

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

— Erma Bombeck

Car

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

— Erma Bombeck

Humor

“Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.”

— Erma Bombeck

Funny

“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.”

— Erma Bombeck

Life

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

— Erma Bombeck

Women

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

— Erma Bombeck

Birthday

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

— Erma Bombeck

Car

“Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.”

— Erma Bombeck

Graduation

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

— Erma Bombeck

God

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

— Erma Bombeck

Car