Selected quotes · 12
№ 01
“It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.”
Erma BombeckCourage
№ 02
“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, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.”
Erma BombeckFaith
№ 03
“Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.”
Erma BombeckSuccess
№ 04
“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.”
Erma BombeckCourage
№ 05
“Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.”
Erma BombeckLife
№ 06
“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”
Erma BombeckWisdom
№ 07
“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”
Erma BombeckHappiness
№ 08
“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”
Erma BombeckTime
№ 09
“If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.”
Erma BombeckFriendship
№ 10
“Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy.”
Erma BombeckCreativity
№ 11
“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 BombeckCreativity
№ 12
“Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.”
Erma BombeckTime