Quotes By Abigail Van Buren

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

Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for piping. And the Piper!

Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you're prepared to lose.

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

If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.

People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.

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.

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

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who walk into a room and say, "There you are" and those who say, "Here I am"