Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlin
Mignon McLaughlinwas an American journalist and author. In the 1950s, she began publishing aphorisms that were later collected in three books, entitled, The Neurotic’s Notebook, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook and The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook. She is known for a number of quotes, among them:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth6 June 1913
CountryUnited States of America
Mignon McLaughlin quotes about
mankind bounty
God doesn't measure His bounty, but oh how we do!
effort praise
We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.
lasts cookies manners
Many who would not take the last cookie would take the last lifeboat.
time nice thinking
My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.
happy back-when pennies
Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money.
forgiveness forgiving power-of-forgiveness
What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.
track enemy minutes
The neurotic keeps minute track of his enemies; it is only his friends he is careless about.
stalking caught creatures
Every creatures stalks some other, and catches it, and is caught.
cancer hard-work smoking
They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.
cigarette-smoke smoking i-can
To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life-work.
summer spring fall
Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.
mature-love mature
Elegimos aquellos que nos gusta, con los que amamos, no tenemos voz en el asunto.
sleep soul may
The soul may sleep and the body still be happy, but only in youth.
husband looks half
A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch.