Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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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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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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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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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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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.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.
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O, heavenly Father: we thank thee for food and remember the hungry. We thank thee for health and remember the sick. We thank thee for friends and remember the friendless. We thank thee for freedom and remember the enslaved. May these remembrances stir us to service, That thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.
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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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For many of us we are always wanting more - we would be happier if we had such and such. Maybe we should pause for a moment and hear what some people in the third world countries would like to make them happier. 1. Having enough to eat so when you go to sleep at night your stomach doesn't ach. 2. Having shoes on your feet and any kind of clothing to keep the cold out. 3. Having a roof over your head. 4. Having the hope that you'll be lucky enough to get some kind of an education. 5. Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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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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SO the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, "Loneliness is the ultimate poverty"
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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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How should they answer?
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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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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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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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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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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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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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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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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores - it's called partnership.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
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