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 BURENSome 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.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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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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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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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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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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