Erma Bombeck Quotes

I've never been a planner. I didn't know I was going to run for the State House. I didn't know I was going to run for governor. I don't know what's next, and I love not thinking about it because the doors open at a certain time.

Here's what I've learned about eating healthy when you're busy: It's all about preparation. Make your snacks on Sunday, and you will be good to go until Thursday or so.

I truly don't have any formula for the choices I make.

I actually eat a lot.

I try to eat almost the same thing every day, as it makes food shopping and what to eat much easier as well as healthier.

I'm not a big fan of food, but when I do eat, I like to eat.

I have found that most meal plans will work, simply because it causes us to become more aware as we eat.

I don't have anything fresh in terms of raw foods or salad after 4 P.M. And no food after 7 P.M.

Food is my friend and consistency is the key.

To be constantly changing one's plans isn't decision at all-it's indecision.

My whole day revolves around food. If you think you've won the day, only because you haven't eaten over 1,000 calories, you know that things are off-kilter. That's not a healthy way to be thinking.

There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself? That is why life is always like a sketch. No, "sketch" is not quite a word, because a sketch is an outline of something, the groundwork for a picture, whereas the sketch that is our life is a sketch for nothing, an outline with no picture.

Nothing's planned. Never say never.

I like surprises. I like mystery. I’m not the kind of person who goes to the writer’s room and goes, I need to know the whole story so I can prepare. No, don’t tell me anything!

We can't all come and go by bubble!

I like the not knowing of what the next job is.

I'm not really good at being predictive, so I guess I'm willing to be surprised.

You get pseudo-order when you seek order; you only get a measure of order and control when you embrace randomness.

I never plan tomorrow because I don’t even know what I’m doing today.

Sometimes you know the story. Sometimes you make it up as you go along and have no idea how it will come out.

The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin)

Dealing with the unknown, the unexpected, is a reflection for me musically of what's happening in the world, because people are learning how to dialog with each other without any past strategy or any kind of formula from the past.

My life is based on change. What I say is OK for the next ten minutes, then I change my mind.

you have to play it out sometimes.