Ann Landers
Ann Landers
Ann Landers was a pen name created by Chicago Sun-Times advice columnist Ruth Crowley in 1943 and taken over by Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer in 1955. For 56 years, the Ask Ann Landers syndicated advice column was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America. Due to this popularity, "Ann Landers," though fictional, became something of a national institution and cultural icon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 July 1918
CitySioux City, IA
CountryUnited States of America
Pity the poor millionaire. He'll never know the thrill of paying that final installment.
If you have a good name, if you are right more often than you are wrong, if your children respect you, if your grandchildren are glad to see you, if your friends can count on you and you can count on them in time of trouble, if you can face your God and say "I have done my best," then you are a success.
I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.
Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.
People of integrity expect to be believed. They also know time will prove them right and are willing to wait.
Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes.
Make somebody happy today, and mind your own business
No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic.
Problems are inevitable. Misery is a choice.
Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.
Class is an aura of confidence that is being sure without being cocky. Class has nothing to do with money. Class never runs scared. It is self-discipline and self-knowledge. It's the sure-footedness that comes with having proved you can meet life.
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
If you want your children to listen, try talking softly - to someone else.