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Erma Bombeck quotes about time

American Journalist February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996

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I love my mother for all the times she said absolutely nothing.... Thinking back on it all, it must have been the most difficult part of mothering she ever had to do: knowing the outcome, yet feeling she had no right to keep me from charting my own path. I thank her for all her virtues, but mostly for never once having said, "I told you so. Erma Bombeck
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
Everyone is guilty at one time or another of throwing out questions that beg to be ignored, but mothers seem to have a market on the supply. "Do you want a spanking or do you want to go to bed?" Don't you want to save some of the pizza for your brother?" Wasn't there any change? Erma Bombeck
In all honesty, men changed a few rules when they became what was referred to as househusbands. Bill didn't make beds, cook, dust, do laundry, windows or floors, or give birth. What he did do was pay bills, call people to fix the plumbing, handle the investments and taxes, volunteer big time, take papers to the garage, change license plates, get the cars serviced, and pick up the cleaning. If women had had that kind of schedule, who knows, we'd probably still be in the home. 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
Erma Bombeck quote: "Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are..."
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely. Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck quote: "There was a time when the one singular thing that held a..."
There was a time when the one singular thing that held a marriage together was the threat of getting the kids. Erma Bombeck
Let us hope manufacturers can come up with a diaper that is environmentally sound. To go back to cloth would send us back to the day when breathing and raising a baby at the same time were incompatible. Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck quote: "When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home."
When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home. Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck quote: "I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign..."
I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: "Checkout Time is 18 years." Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck quote: "Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time."
Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time. Erma Bombeck

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