If 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.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENYou 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.
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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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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How should they answer?
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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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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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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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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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.
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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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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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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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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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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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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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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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