Erma Bombeck Quotes (1927-1996)


About Erma Bombeck

Erma Louise (Harris) Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home life in the second half of the 20th century.

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β€œThe grass is always greener over the septic tank.”
β€œIf you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.”
β€œIf Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?”
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β€œIt takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else*”
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β€œI 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 house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.”
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Erma Bombeck on Grass

β€œThe grass is always greener over the septic tank.”
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Erma Bombeck on Fashion

β€œSometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.”
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Erma Bombeck on Christmas

β€œThere's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.”
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Erma Bombeck on Meal

β€œThanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”
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Erma Bombeck on Baseball

β€œNearly everyone's son wants to be a baseball player. Why not? What other profession could he choose where he can slide around in the dirt, never work when it rains and spit whenever he wants?”
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About Erma Bombeck

Erma Louise (Harris) Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home life in the second half of the 20th century.