Erma Bombeck Quotes for Good Clean Fun
Erma Bombeck quotes were written in hopes of keeping the suburban housewife from turning the common kitchen knife and string mop into malicious weapons. Erma used her gift of humor to place a loving hand on the shoulder of every homemaker, breadbaker, and babymaker in the U.S. and Canada.
Thanks to generous media coverage, quotes from Erma Bombeck have made it possible for housewives everywhere to strike a life balance between June Cleaver and Peggy Bundy; between panty hose and sweatpants; between roast turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy...and microwaved chicken nuggets.
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Erma Bombeck may be most famous for her popular syndicated column, Operation Dustrag. She composed more than 4000 installments, each of which appeared in 900 newspapers, throughout Canada and the U.S.
Erma also authored 15 books, including The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank, If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What am I Doing in the Pits?, and I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression.
It's never difficult to find an Erma Bombeck quotation that speaks of her passion in the fight against cancer - particularly pediatric cancer. Ironically, Erma developed breast cancer herself, but lived to tell about. Later, she passed away from complications following the replacement of a polycystic kidney.
Thanks to the Erma Bombeck Famous Quote...
Homemakers can maintain their sanities and senses of humor. They can choose to tie up a turkey, rather than their toddlers. They can burn rubber on a shopping cart, or burn bread in the oven, and remain cool. They can mix up their children's names, and a batch of cookie dough...knowing that with chocolate chips, all sins are forgiven.
This bun's for you, Erma.
Erma Bombeck Quick Facts
Born: February 21, 1927
Died: April 22, 1996
Nationality: American
Education: Emerson Junior High School,
Patterson Vocational High School, one semester at Ohio University at Athens,
Roman Catholic University of Dayton
Occupation: Stenographer, typist, copygirl, journalist, public relations, retail clerk, accountant, humorist, novelist, columnist, correspondent, radio and television personality, philanthropist
Interests/Hobbies: Family, music, reading, cancer research aidComplete collection of Erma Bombeck Books on Amazon
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Your Top Ten Erma Bombeck Quotes:
"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died." - Erma Bombeck
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"Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?" - Erma Bombeck
"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
"All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with white carpet is one of them." - Erma Bombeck
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"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
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"Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead." - Erma Bombeck
"No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there's a wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick." - Erma Bombeck
"Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth." - Erma Bombeck
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"Children make your life important." - Erma Bombeck
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"Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born." - Erma Bombeck
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