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 BURENReligion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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How should they answer?
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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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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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I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana – if it’s prescribed by a physician.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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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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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 purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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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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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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