Abigail Van Buren quotes
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“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.”
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“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.”
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“Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more...”
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“A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.”
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“A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.”
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“Women who miscalculate are called mothers.”
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“While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.”
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“If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.”
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“If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.”
-- Abigail Van BurenSource : "Invest in Life Experiences" by Sean Kim, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 11, 2014.
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“You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.”
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“It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.”
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“The less you talk, the more you're listened to.”
-- Abigail Van BurenSource : "A Small Encounter With Abigail Van Buren" by Lea Lane, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2013.
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“True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.”
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“People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.”
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“Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!”
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“Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.”
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“Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you're supervised or not; finish a job once it's started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.”
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“If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.”
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“Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.”
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“I agree that ***** laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of ***** -- if it's prescribed by a physician. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation.”
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“You are what you are when nobody is looking.”
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“Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.”
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“It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself”
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“It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.”
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“In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.”
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“So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday!”
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“The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.”
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“It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It's cruel, it's brutal, it's inhumane, and most people don't want it.”
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“Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.”
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“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
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“Kissing power is stronger than will power.”
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“It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.”
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“For many of us we are always wanting more - we would be happier if we had such and such. Maybe we should pause for a moment and hear what some people in the third world countries would like to make them happier. 1. Having enough to eat so when you go to sleep at night your stomach doesn't ach. 2. Having shoes on your feet and any kind of clothing to keep the cold out. 3. Having a roof over your head. 4. Having the hope that you'll be lucky enough to get some kind of an education. 5. Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.”
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“SO the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, "Loneliness is the ultimate poverty"”
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“Kids grow up awfully fast these days,"she said. "You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.”
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“Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores - it's called partnership.”
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“If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.”
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“Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If there is going to be friction in this relationship, it could start from envy and resentment in the younger woman. But Father Time is on her side, even if Mother Nature played her a dirty trick”
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“Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you're prepared to lose.”
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“Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.”
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“The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.”
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“Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.”
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