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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENPsychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
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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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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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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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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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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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