Erma Bombeck Quotes

If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.

It's always nice to be able to show your friends and family what it is that you do. I've had their support from the beginning and wouldn't be here without it, so yeah, I do whatever I can to be there with them when they go to see it.

If you want people to support you, then you have to support them. You have to think long about what you did for people who voted for you, made phone calls for you, who went door to door for you.

You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You don't boo me.

I'm just trying to enjoy the fact that I have gained some respect from some people whom I respect.

We all work really hard, and we do it because we're passionate. We don't do it because we're being rated. However, we'd all be remiss if we didn't think that some kind of recognition for efforts and accomplishments didn't make you feel good.

To be recognized for the hard work my team and I put into 'Starboy' is an honor.

I am very happy for the kind of response I am getting for my work, but there was a lot of hard work that has gone into it.

I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.

When I released 'Veteran' and the reception was good, it was the first time I ever worked really hard on something and had that hard work reciprocated back to me.

It's a great feeling to be recognized for all the hard work that I've put in.

Being here and receiving appreciation from the people here in Nantes has a special appeal. But I do believe I have worked hard for it. Very hard.

Gratitude is one of the greatest gifts we can give. And it's not a gift we often give to children. We expect it of them, but we don't necessarily give it back.

I really am genuinely happy for guys that get paid and have success when they actually work their tails off.

I work really hard - that doesn't mean I deserve anything, but it's really cool to see the positive reaction people give to something you worked so hard on. It's one of the best feelings.

If someone writes a nice review of my record, I feel like I should take them out to dinner or go over and clean their apartment.

I've been busy for a long, long time. I've received a ton of awards in the past few years ... I think they're really great, it's really an honor, but s**t - I really have to work for these things.

No matter how many people celebrate your gifts, don't ever think that you are more important to them than your gift is to them. This is why many people fail: They fail because they think that people came to follow them.

Whoever gives reverence receives reverence.

I want to encourage people to not think in terms of gifts, but think in terms of, wow. You work hard to succeed at that, because that's exactly what I do.

How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.

Gratitude is a species of justice.

Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans.

Those who want respect, give respect.

Thank you for your cooperation and vice versa.