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Mary Alkus

  • Some women work so hard to make good husbands that they never quite manage to make good wives.

    • Mary Alkus,
    • in Reader's Digest ()
  • A positive way / To create animosity: / Extoll at great length / Our children's precocity.

    • Mary Alkus,
    • "Parental Prerogative," in The Rotarian ()
  • Imbibing a big shot makes some people think they are one.

    • Mary Alkus,
    • in Case and Comment ()
  • Motorists' hand signals are deceptive — people don't turn out as we expected.

    • Mary Alkus
  • An experienced politician is one who can toss his hat into the ring and still talk through it.

    • Mary Alkus

Mary Alkus, U.S. writer