Erma Bombeck Quotes

My theory on housework is, if the item doesn't multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?

Erma Bombeck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1927 - April 22, 1996

Topics

FireDoorYouWhySmellCatch

Try not to say, 'I'm a failure.' Instead, ask, 'What can I do better? What did I do wrong?' Then re-approach.

Jillian Michaels

FailureBetterWrongSayTryAsk

I live at Gap Kids; I think they have the cutest stuff. I barely buy anything for myself, but my daughter has quite the collection.

Joanna Garcia

LiveDaughterMyselfThinkAnything

At 6:30, which was when the national news began, my father raised the volume and adjusted the antennas. Usually I occupied myself with a book, but that night my father insisted that I pay attention.

Jhumpa Lahiri

FatherMyselfNightBookAttention

I don't like to give out advice. I make suggestions when I get to know somebody a little bit, but I don't know about advice.

Matt Dillon

AdviceKnowOutLittleGiveGet

I've been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She's incredibly strong; she's incredibly generous. She's seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had definite reasons to do it.

Jeanne Tripplehorn

RelationshipWomanStrongSituation

People don't understand the devastation the murder of a child does to someone. Eighty percent of parents of murdered children wind up in divorce. The only thing you have in common is that horrible sadness. You can't see the joy of your previous life.

John Walsh

LifeChildrenJoyChildParentsYou

Time really has gone by fast. I don't know if your path is pre-written or what, but it's crazy how one thing just leads to another.

Torrie Wilson

PathTimeCrazyFastKnowGone

I am definitely most proud of 'American Dreams.'

Tom Verica

DreamsI AmProudAmericanMostAm

The hallmark of a healthy society has always been measured by how it cares for the disadvantaged.

Joni Eareckson Tada

SocietyHealthyAlwaysBeenMeasured

Prince Charles is the best-dressed man in the world.

Dominic West

ManWorldPrincePrince Charles

I don't think it is worth trying to look 10 years younger through surgery.

Debra Winger

ThinkTryingWorthLookYears

And American voters understand that if we want to keep fighting to move in the new - in a new direction, we've got a long way to go. And we need to make sure we continue with Democrats being in the majority.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

DirectionFightingAmericanLongNew

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