Erma Bombeck Quotes

Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.

Erma Bombeck

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherBusinessSocietyBackWay

To create something you must be something.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

YouCreateSomethingMust

The last true punk band to get a major label contract was The Dickies.

Jello Biafra

TrueBandPunkContractLastGet

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

John Lennon

MeHonorEscapeBeenCrossFew

The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.

John Lyly

SunCorrupted

My parents sacrificed so much for all of us. It makes me want to give back to them by being the best I can be.

Diana Lopez

BestParentsMeBackI CanWant

My musical selections are a reflection of how I grew up. Because, back then, you could see Miles Davis and Ravi Shankar on the same stage. And nobody thought anything of it, other than the fact that it was great music.

Dianne Reeves

MusicGreatReflectionThoughtYou

I can't tear up a poem and be a sound bite for you. Why is that so hard for anyone to understand?

Derek Walcott

YouWhyUnderstandSoundHardUp

I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing the mistakes that I've made, correcting them.

Doug Baldwin

MistakesI AmChallengesBetterFeel

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

Clint Eastwood

YouSomethingRoleEveryInterests

Voter fraud is a reality in American elections, but it is typical of the candidate to confuse anecdote with data and turn allegation into conspiracy.

Bret Stephens

RealityAmericanDataFraudTurn

I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I'm discovering who I am.

Alicia Keys

I AmStay FocusedWantFocusedStay

The magic's back and we're in a time tunnel, feeling like when we were in our 20s back in the 1970s.

Peter Criss

TimeMagicBackFeelingTunnelLike

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