Erma Bombeck Quotes

But I think it's important that things endure.

The easiest way to make a fruitcake is to buy a darkish cake, then pound some old, hard fruit into it with a mallet. Be sure to wear safety glasses.

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality.

I think Christmas, for me, has always been about family, as cliche as that sounds.

One thing I've always loved and rated me dad for is that, because of him, I've never seen the Queen's Christmas speech.

From me growing up with a large family and everybody singing around the Christmas tree, it was a wonderful, wonderful upbringing.

I don't want to be the next hottest thing, I want longevity.

We go to church every year on Christmas morning.

Continuity is a wonderful thing, and it is a very rare thing in show business.

We gon' be around for a long time.

I always go to my mom's house for Christmas.

TLC should stand for Toddlers, Lunatics, and Cake.

The key factor in my strategy is longevity.

I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.

Pie can't compete with cake. Put candles in a cake, it's a birthday cake. Put candles in a pie, someone's drunk in the kitchen.

Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.

Curious, how one remembered Christmas. Perhaps because other days might appeal to the head, but this one appealed to the heart.

The xmas holidays have this high value: that they remind Forgetters of the Forgotten, & repair damaged relationships.

Values, both those that we approve and those that we don't, have roots as deep as creosote rings, and live as long and grow as slowly

Christmas is a good excuse to eat everything.

A good solid bit of work lasts.

That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.

I try to build the things so that they're fairly indestructible. I've learned from my mistakes and some of those units, even if human life disappears from the planet, will still be recognizable a thousand years from now abandoned somewhere in the woods.

As they do every year, al-Qaida has threatened to disrupt and ruin Christmas. You know, we already have a group that disrupts and ruins Christmas every year. They're called relatives.

Memories and magic is what Christmas is all about.