WIST Quotations

Landers, Ann -- “Ask Ann Landers,” syndicated column (1958)

Dave — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 03:04:47 +0000

You’re trying to drown your sorrows in alcohol and it won’t work. Sorrows know how to swim.

Ann Landers (1918-2002) American advice columnist [pseud. for Eppie Lederer]
“Ask Ann Landers,” syndicated column (1958)

Landers used the phrase multiple times, e.g.,

"And now an added P.S. In these days of political unrest, financial crisis and emotional upheaval, a word to those of you who are trying to drown your sorrow. Please be aware that sorrow knows how to swim." [The Ann Landers Encyclopedia: A to Z (1978)]
"People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim."

However, the phrase predates her in a variety of anonymous sources; see here for more discussion.

Landers, Ann -- “Parenthood: What Do You Owe Your Children?” Family Circle (1977-11)

Dave — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:42:26 +0000

Children have an uncanny way of living up — or down — to what is expected of them.

Ann Landers (1918-2002) American advice columnist [pseud. for Eppie Lederer]
“Parenthood: What Do You Owe Your Children?” Family Circle (1977-11)
(Source)

Collected in The Ann Landers Encyclopedia (1978).

Landers, Ann -- “Ask Ann Landers,” syndicated column (1991-06-19)

Dave — Thu, 02 May 2024 16:27:11 +0000

At every party there are two kinds of people — those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.

Ann Landers (1918-2002) American advice columnist [pseud. for Eppie Lederer]
“Ask Ann Landers,” syndicated column (1991-06-19)
(Source)

Where a source for this is cited, it is at the above date and in International Herald Tribune, presumably as part of her syndicated column. The quotation is included in a rotating sidebar element at Landers' website, but cannot be found in search on the site.

Landers, Ann -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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 eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.’

Ann Landers (1918-2002) American advice columnist [pseud. for Eppie Lederer]
(Attributed)