The less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe less you talk, the more you’re listened to.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENKissing power is stronger than will power.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIt 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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENMaturity 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.
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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENIt 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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENCruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENA church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENMany husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENKissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENWomen who miscalculate are called mothers.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENYou are what you are when nobody is looking.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENTrue, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENWhile forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENWisdom 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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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