Ann Landers Quotes - Page 5

The adult who is constantly changing friends and changing mates is immature. He/she cannot stick it out because he/she has not grown up.

Assume nothing. Inside every dumb blond there may be a very smart brunette.

We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.

Are you better off with him or without him?

Most of us would be willing to pay as we go if we could just finish paying for where we've been.

Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you've always wanted to do but couldn't find the time.

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a man who cheats on his wife.

Children have an uncanny way of living up - or down - to what is expected of them.

If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel.

Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams.

Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.

Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquillity of a lovely sunset.

TV has had a stronger impact on our society than any single invention since the automobile. It has put the dead hand on conversation.

You're all you've got.

An open marriage is nature's way of telling you that you need a divorce.

A happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.

Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an alley.

Marriage is not a reform school.

Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Immature people spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then doing nothing. Action requires courage. Without courage, little is accomplished.

You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.

Women's magazines continue to print 'helpful' articles on How to Hang on to Your Husband while thousands of wives write to me and complain that 'hanging is too good for 'em.

Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.

People have one year after the wedding to send a gift. Thank-you notes must be written immediately. If you don't receive an acknowledgment within three months, phone and ask if it was received. If the bride and groom are embarrassed, fine. They deserve to be.

Class is the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.