"It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding." ― Erma Bombeck Topic(s): Mom Tags: until More From Erma Bombeck "Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I’m taking with me when I go." "Don’t confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." "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’." More In Mom "Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all."― Lucius Annaeus Seneca "My mom won’t let anyone treat me like a little princess."― Chloe Moretz "I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."― Mira Sorvino