4 July: Ann Landers quotes

Advice columnist Ann Landers was born on this date in 1918. 10 quotes from her:

1. Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognise them.

2. 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.

3. The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

4. Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

5. One out of four people in this country is mentally unbalanced. Think of your three closes friends; if they seem OK, then you're the one.

6. The best way to find something you have lost is to buy a replacement.

7. One trouble with trouble is that it usually starts out like fun.

8. Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

9. All marriages are happy, it's living together afterward that's tough.

10. If at first you do succeed, try something harder.

Character birthday

July, a member of the Calendar Mob, She is immune to fire and can create a pyrotechnic light show with firecracker type explosions. Her power was discovered when, as a child on holiday in Disneyland, she wandered off and went exploring where she shouldn't have. As a result, she was caught up in a conflagration of fireworks. Instead of being burned to a crisp, she survived unscathed. It is thought that, although her immunity to fire had saved her, her other powers came about as a result of a chemical reaction with the gunpowder and other chemicals in the fireworks.

Her tendency to sneak into places she shouldn't continued into adulthood and she became a professional criminal.