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
It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.
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.
A cigarette is a roll of paper, tobacco, and drugs, with a small fire on one end and a large fool at the other. Some of its chief benefits are cancer of the lips and stomach, softening of the brain, funeral procesions, and families shrouded in gloom and grief. Although a great many people know this, they still smoke in order to appear sophisticated.
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.
Assume nothing. Inside every dumb blond there may be a very smart brunette.
A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.
What we steadily, consciously, habitually think we are, that we tend to become.
A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement.
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.
TV has had a stronger impact on our society than any single invention since the automobile. It has put the dead hand on conversation ...
Keep skid chains on your tongue. Say less than you think. Cultivate a pleasant voice. How you say it is often more important than what you say.
Church is not a museum for Saints, but rather a hospital for sinners.
No one knows what a marriage is like except the two people in it - and sometimes one of them doesn't know.