Ann Landers Quotes

You're all you've got.

Women who are devoted to causes, such as overpopulation and the underprivileged [sic], are much less interested in fashion than, let's say, those who lunch at La Grenouille and Le Cirque.

The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.

Class can 'walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch.' Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class because that person is comfortable with himself.

A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half.

Inside every seventy-year-old is a thirty-five-year-old asking, 'What happened?

More divorces start in the bedroom than in any other room in the house.

Some people take pleasure in regaling one and all with details of their poor health. They are happy to give an organ recital to anyone who will listen.

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

If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

trouble is not a sign of inadequacy, stupidity or inferiority, but rather an inescapable part of life - proof that you are a card-carrying member of the human race.

Some things get better with age, but after a certain point, the mind isn't among them.

Life is rough for everyone....Life isn't always fair. Whatever it is that hits the fan, its never evenly distributed - some always tend to get more of it than others.

guilt is a pollutant and we don't need any more of it in the world.

I made up my mind when I was 15 years old that I would never smoke or drink. I have kept that pledge to myself, and it was one of the smartest decisions I ever made.

A husband is a man who wishes he had as much fun when he goes on business trips as his wife thinks he does.

The minute more than two people know a secret, it is no longer a secret.

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.

It means being able to resist the urge for immediate gratification and opt for the course of action that will pay off later.

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

Marriage is not a reform school.

One of the characteristics of the young is "I want it now."

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

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conslusive evidence that your are wonderful.

When life's problems seem overwhelming look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

One out of four people in this country is mentally imbalanced. Think of your three closest friends and if they seem okay then you're the one.

You need that guy like a giraffe needs a strep throat.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work so most people don't recognize them.

Know thyself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured.

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead that is where your future lies.

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