Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Abigail Van Buren, pen name for Pauline Phillips and now daughter Jeanne Phillips
Creator of Dear Abby Advice Column in 1956, daughter Jeanne now writes and owns rights to Dear Abby
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time on them and half as much money."
"Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper!"
"The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back."