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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIf 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.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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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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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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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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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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