Erma Bombeck Quotes

I have experienced within my own lifetime the attack of my winter camp and the killing of the women and children. It left me even angrier than I was - and I was never too calm to begin with.

I do not want to get hit in the face for real. I'll get mad.

There's only so many times you can kick a dog before it turns viscous. (Julian)

The brutalization of humans by other humans never fails to get to me in some angry-making way. It shot up in me like an explosion.

When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to strike a fresh blow.

I should hurt a lot more people than I do. I'd like to hurt someone on every play.

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

I see this fella built like a barn door... and there's all these fox hunters, who didn't like me, screaming and shouting and as I walked past him I looked at him and he hit me with something.

I'm happy to report that everybody whose face I've wanted to punch on Earth has already been punched.

I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece.

Abused patience turns to fury.

When terrorism strikes, divisive anger is a natural response.

The natural reaction people have when violence has been used against them is to react violently.

After one operator referred to the union as ‘a set of outlaws’, I wanted to take him by the seat of the breeches and nape of the neck and chuck him out the window.

Even when I was hurt, I was always the aggressor, no matter what.

I'm not stupid. After you just punch me, I'm not gonna be like, 'Alright, let me do that again.'

If I have a chance to hit somebody, it does not matter who it is.

I know if someone talked trash to me, I'd want to kick his butt.

If I thought anybody was messing with me, I was difficult.

I'm not involved in too many wars, where I'm just constantly getting hit, hit, hit.

If somebody says or does something to me first, then I'll respond, and I go overboard with it, and it seems like I'm the one that has beef with somebody.

I grew up with lots of anger, frustration, and violence in my heart.

I’ve had a tense couple of days. And I’ve got to tell you, burning someone’s face off sounds like a great way to relax.

There were only so many kicks a dog could take before it turned vicious.’ (Acheron)