Dear Abby is an advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name "Abigail Van Buren" and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name.
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.
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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.
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat rack.
I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.
It's true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.
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.
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
Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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.
Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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!
The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.