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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.

“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

God

All Quotes by 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'.”

— Erma Bombeck

God

“A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.”

— Erma Bombeck

Diet

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

— Erma Bombeck

Family

“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

“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

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

— Erma Bombeck

Graduation

“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.”

— Erma Bombeck

Courage

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

— Erma Bombeck

Dreams

“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

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

— Erma Bombeck

Humor

“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

“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.”

— Erma Bombeck

Family

“Never order food in excess of your body weight.”

— Erma Bombeck

Food

“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

“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

“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

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

— Erma Bombeck

Women

“Never have more children than you have car windows.”

— 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