Erma Bombeck

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“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit.” — Sir Walter Scott

“I was once the typical daughter, then the easily recognizable wife, and then the quintessential mother. I seem always to have reminded people of someone in their family. Perhaps I am just the triumph of Plain Jane.” — Helen Hayes

“The quickest way to succeed is to start now and figure it out as you go. You can’t learn to drive in a parked car.” — Jonathan Horswell

“One thing they never tell you about child-raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.” — Erma Bombeck

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20230330

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.” — Max Ehrmann

“The same principle leads us to neglect a person of merit that induces us to admire a fool [ed].” — Jean de La Bruyère

“Before beginning a hunt, it is wise to ask someone what you are looking for before you begin looking for it.” — A.A. Milne

“The family. We are a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together.” — Erma Bombeck

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20220624

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“A plan relieves you of the torment of choice.” — Saul Bellow

“You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.” — Tom Hiddleston

“Never apologize for not letting people cross your boundaries.” — Dr. Dennis Walker

“I’ve been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I’ve lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.” — Erma Bombeck

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20220420

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Everybody counts or nobody counts.” — Michael Connelly via the character of detective Harry Bosch

“In 1976, the average supermarket stocked 9,000 unique products; today that number has ballooned to 40,000 of them, yet the average person gets 80%–85% of their needs in only 150 different supermarket items. That means that we need to ignore 39,850 items in the store.” — Daniel J. Levitin from the book The Organized Mind

“You get a wonderful view from the point of no return.” — Terry Pratchett

“It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.” — Erma Bombeck

 

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— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20201222

Jeff

“To be amused by what you read —
that is the great spring of happy quotations.”
— C. E. Montague —

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“It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.” — Leo McKern

“Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.” — John C. Maxwell

“I didn’t invent any of this stuff, I learned it from somebody. So I’m always looking for the next guy I’m going to learn something from.” — Nick Saban

“When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.” — Erma Bombeck

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200804

Jeff

“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

 

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“It is enough that I am of value to somebody today.” — Hugh Prather

“Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the adult afraid of the light?” — Maurice Freehill

“The fun part doesn’t come later; now is the fun part.” — Gretchen Rubin

“People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you’ll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.” — Erma Bombeck

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20200421

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 
“Out of the strain of the Doing, Into the peace of the Done.” — Julia Louise Woodruff

“We are terrible at seeking evidence that challenges our own beliefs, but other people do us this favor, just as we are good at finding errors in other people’s beliefs.” — Maria Konnikov

“Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.” — Alexis Carrel

“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.” — Erma Bombeck

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20200213

Jeff

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“A fool can throw a stone in a pond that 100 wise men can not get out.” — Saul Bellow

“Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray you in a moment of unwariness.” — Anne Bronte

“To be shown love is to feel ourselves the object of concern: our presence is noted, our name is registered, our views are listened to, our failings are treated with indulgence and our needs are ministered to. And under such care, we flourish.” — Alain de Botton

“All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.” — Erma Bombeck

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190314

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” — Julia Alvarez

“I guess each of us, at some time, finds one person with whom we are compelled toward absolute honesty, one person whose good opinion of us becomes a substitute for the broader opinion of the world.” — Glen Cook

“It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.” — Isaac Bashevis Singer

“I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of a hill.” — Erma Bombeck

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20181208

Jeff

Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The silent man is the only consistent man.” — Simeon Carter

“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” — Kahlil Gibran

“I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.” – Charlie Munger

“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” — Erma Bombeck

 
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