A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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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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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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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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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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