"The term 'working mother' is redundant...." - Quote by Erma Bombeck

“In general my children refuse to eat anything that hasn't danced in television.”

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

“If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.”

“The mother is the first teacher of the child. The message she gives that child, that child gives to the world.”

“That is the injustice of a woman's lot. A woman has to bring up her children; and that means to restrain them, to deny them things they want, to set them tasks, to punish them when they do wrong, to do all the unpleasant things. And then the father, who has nothing to do but pet them and spoil them, comes in when all her work is done and steals their affection from her.”

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.”

“Anything you do, you better enjoy it for its value. Because people are going to second-guess everything you do.”

“Work is the curse of the drinking classes.”

“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.”