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
Some men have no idea how to romance a woman. However, women who teach their husbands what they like will be well-rewarded.
You're all you've got.
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.
If you want to catch trout, don't fish in a herring barrel.
No one can take advantage of you without your permission.
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.
Strong role models and unconditional love can heal even the most emotionally impoverished person, and that goes for adults as well as youngsters.
My personal recipe for success is- Do what you love and don't look at the clock.
If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold you head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ''I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.''
What the vast majority of American children needs is to stop being pampered, stop being indulged, stop being chauffeured, stop being catered to. In the final analysis it is not what you do for your children but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings.
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness -a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.
TV has had a stronger impact on our society than any single invention since the automobile. It has put the dead hand on conversation ...
We need not fear life, because God is the Ruler of all and we need not fear death, because He shares immortality with us.
A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement.