Erma Bombeck Quotes
The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
Quotes to Explore
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I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.
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Science does not know its debt to imagination.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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I never discuss discussions.
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Any little touch a defender can make on me when I'm in the air literally moves me. On the ground, I can use my muscle, but in the air, it's harder to fight that off.
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I got my own sound; nobody sounds like me.
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I love outdoor winter activities like snow tubing and snowball throwing.
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I need to put the right things in my body before and after I work out, so I end every workout with some sort of protein shake to help me get the most out of my training.
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All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.
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I do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with.
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If you think too-big-to-fail banks are not worthy of investment because of their impossible-to-read balance sheets, well then, don't buy them.
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I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never knew if that would send me over the edge.
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What can you do if they have slapped you with a legal notice? You have to reply. For all you know, they have taken you to jail or something.
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If I'm feeling healthy - like, I've eaten well and have drank a lot of water and have clothes that feel good - I feel good.
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All the members of the dog family - domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, dingoes - are very aware of territory. A group must control its own territory - you can't have others taking it from you, because then you won't have enough food.
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You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for.
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I buy way too many cookbooks and read food blogs at night when I can't sleep.
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The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
