I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENKids grow up awfully fast these days,”she said. “You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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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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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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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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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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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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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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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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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It’s cruel, it’s brutal, it’s inhumane, and most people don’t want it.
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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How should they answer?
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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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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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