79 Quotes by 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!

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 don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.

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

There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.

How should they answer?

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

Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat rack.

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.