If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they’re alike. They’re both wonderful as long as they last.
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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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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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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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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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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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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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