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Them Quotes by Erma Bombeck
- Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they…
- I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
- 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.
- I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in…
- House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad.
- Not everyone is comfortable with the kissing ritual. My husband is one of them. Her refuses to press lips with anyone except his wife, mother,…
- When you leave them in the morning, they stick their nose in the door crack and stand there like a portrait until you turn the…
- Before we sent kids to computer camps and told them they were having a good time, there was imagination among the human species.
- I see children as kites. You spend a lifetime trying to get them off the ground. You run with them until you're both breathless. They…
- Myths that need clarification: "No matter how many times you see the Grand canyon, you are still emotionally moved to tears." False. It depends on…
- Maybe you know why a child can reject a hot dog with mustard served on a soft bun at home, yet eat six of them…
- People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
- There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, 'Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams.' Then they put…
- Friends are "annuals" that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a "perennial" that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence…
- He opened the jar of pickles when no one else could. He was the only one in the house who wasn't afraid to go into…
- Great dreams... never even get out of the box. It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold…
- All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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