{"author":"Erma Bombeck","author_id":"Erma+Bombeck","total_quotes":92,"quotes":[{"text":"It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["bravery","courage","dreams","openness","self-disclosure","sharing"],"id":17976,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"In Russia, as I sat there day after day wearing headphones, listening to the interpreter struggle to make our words relevant, I wondered if we could establish meaningful rapport with a nation that had never seen raisins dance in dark glasses on TV...Never had a garage sale.","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["humorous"],"id":28808,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"Never order food in excess of your body weight.","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["body","never","excess "],"id":35839,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["life","god","me "],"id":44069,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"When humor goes, there goes civilization.","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["civilization","humor","society"],"id":49494,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"I read one psychologist's theory that said  'Never strike a child in your anger.' When could I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he's recuperating from measles? Do I slap the Bible out of his hand on Sunday?","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["family"],"id":51587,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what.","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["confidence"],"id":51672,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"I am not a glutton - I am an explorer of food.","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["food","humor"],"id":52039,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["men","women"],"id":65461,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"},{"text":"We've got a generation now who were born with semiequality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attache' cases and our three piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle.","author":"Erma Bombeck","tags":["feminism"],"id":72961,"author_id":"Erma+Bombeck"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":92,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}