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Life 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,…
- There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
- 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…
- 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…
- Never have more children than you have car windows.
- If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.
- Children make your life important.
- I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.
- It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
- For the first two years of a child's life, we spend every waking hour tryibg to get the child to communicate. Then we spend the…
- Family life got better and we got our car back - as soon as we put 'I love Mom' on the license plate.
- If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished ever moment and realized that the…
- When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they're not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the…
- . . . but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute - look at it and really see it - live…
- I've decided life is too fragile to finish a book I dislike just because it cost $16.95 and everyone else loved it. Or eat a…
- Mothers are not the nameless, faceless stereotypes who appear once a year on a greeting card with their virtues set to prose, but women who…
- Given another shot at life, I would seize every minute...look at it and really see it... live it...and never give it back. Stop sweating the…
- Motherhood isn't just a series of contractions; it's a state of mind. From the moment we know life is inside us, we feel a responsibility…
- ...I remember thinking how often we look, but never see...we listen, but never hear...we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A…
- If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?
- The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money,…
- It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
- The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money,…
- Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Anderson When I stand before God at the end…
- 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,…
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle