Showing posts with label Erma Bombeck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Erma Bombeck. Show all posts

Monday, December 1, 2025

Fame, Success, Madonna, Helen Keller, Erma Bombeck

"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." - Erma Bombeck

Found on BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/erma_bombeck_122099.

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Mother Asks, Advice, Formality, Erma Bombeck

"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." - Erma Bombeck

Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/erma_bombeck.html

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Stand Before God, Used Everything, Erma Bombeck

“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 Bombeck

Found in Treasury of Women's Quotations, by Carolyn Warner, page 3.

Saturday, November 23, 2024

When Your Mother Asks, Formality, Erma Bombeck

"When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." - Erma Bombeck

Found at BrainyQuote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/erma_bombeck.html.

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Child, Individuality, Empty Gin Bottle, Erma Bombeck

“A child develops individuality long before he develops taste. I have seen my kid straggle into the kitchen in the morning with outfits that need only one accessory: an empty gin bottle.” - Erma Bombeck

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 40.

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Love a Nation, Celebrates Its Independence, Patriotism, Erma Bombeck

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism." - Erma Bombeck

Found on AZ Quotes. Read more at https://www.azquotes.com/quote/513368.

Friday, January 12, 2024