Creative Quotations from Erma Bombeck (1927-1996)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Erma Bombeck
(1927-1996) born on Feb 21

US journalist, author, humorist. She dealt humorously with her life as a suburban housewife, e.g., "The Grass is Greener Over the Septic Tank," 1976.

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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of supersophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

My mind works . . . two boobs never get me a job.

The suburbs were discovered, quite by accident, one day in the early 1940's by a Welcome Wagon lady who was lost.

Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.

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

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries...," 1971.
R:	In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
A:	In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
N:	Field Newspaper Syndicate.
K:	In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994.