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 BURENNever give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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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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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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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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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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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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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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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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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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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 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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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana – if it’s prescribed by a physician.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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