Abigail Van Buren Quotes & Sayings

The church is not a museum for saints it's a hospital for sinners. — Abigail Van Buren

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. — Abigail Van Buren

Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them. — Abigail Van Buren

Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them. — Abigail Van Buren

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. I cannot understand why the federal government should interfere with the doctor-patient relationship, nor why it would ignore the will of a majority of voters who have legally approved such legislation. — Abigail Van Buren

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. — Abigail Van Buren

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. — Abigail Van Buren

So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday! — Abigail Van Buren

In response to a letter regarding the writer's lack of religious belief:
The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty. — Abigail Van Buren

If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it. — Abigail Van Buren

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. — Abigail Van Buren

It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone
without getting a little on yourself — Abigail Van Buren

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 Buren

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. — Abigail Van Buren

I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer. — Abigail Van Buren

How should they answer? — Abigail Van Buren

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. — Abigail Van Buren

Women who miscalculate are called mothers. — Abigail Van Buren

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. — Abigail Van Buren

Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes! — Abigail Van Buren

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires. — Abigail Van Buren

Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore. — Abigail Van Buren

There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create. — Abigail Van Buren

The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. — Abigail Van Buren

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. — Abigail Van Buren

The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back. — Abigail Van Buren

In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today. — Abigail Van Buren

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. — Abigail Van Buren

You are what you are when nobody is looking. — Abigail Van Buren

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. — Abigail Van Buren

It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister. — Abigail Van Buren

There are 2 kinds of people in the world- those who walk into a room and say "There you are" and those who say, "Here I am! — Abigail Van Buren

Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores - it's called partnership. — Abigail Van Buren

A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project. — Abigail Van Buren

Then, there's the modern mother-in-law. In her mid 40s, she is the compact car of her breed: efficient, trim, attractive and in harmony with her times. She's pretty stiff competition for the plain young matron who's overweight and under-financed. If there is going to be friction in this relationship, it could start from envy and resentment in the younger woman. But Father Time is on her side, even if Mother Nature played her a dirty trick — Abigail Van Buren

Kissing power is stronger than will power. — Abigail Van Buren

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. — Abigail Van Buren

Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient. — Abigail Van Buren

The less you talk, the more you're listened to. — Abigail Van Buren