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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf 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.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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