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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENKissing power is stronger than will power.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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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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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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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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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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