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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.

“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

All Quotes by Erma Bombeck

“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

“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

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

— Erma Bombeck

Family

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

— Erma Bombeck

Food

“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

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

— Erma Bombeck

Car

“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

“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

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

— Erma Bombeck

Women

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

— Erma Bombeck

Men

“Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.”

— Erma Bombeck

Business

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

— Erma Bombeck

Medical

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

— Erma Bombeck

Women

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

— Erma Bombeck

Mom

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

— Erma Bombeck

Mom

“Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one Helen Keller is the other.”

— Erma Bombeck

Success

“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

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

— Erma Bombeck

Dreams

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

— Erma Bombeck

Car

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

— Erma Bombeck

Car