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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENReligion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIn Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe 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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENKissing power is stronger than will power.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENI agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana – if it’s prescribed by a physician.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENWhile forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENBelieving that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIt is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
ABIGAIL VAN BURENCruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENMaturity 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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENPsychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENYou 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 BURENIf you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENLove 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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