Quotes by Erma Bombeck
A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
- Erma Bombeck
There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
- 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
Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
- Erma Bombeck
It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.
- Erma Bombeck
In general, my children refused to eat anything that hadn’t danced on TV.
- Erma Bombeck
Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It’s gossip.
- Erma Bombeck
One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
- Erma Bombeck