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
vacation two firsts
The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.
love valentines-day names
Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.
retrospect triumph defeat
In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.
cash despise turns
Cash is the one gift everyone despises and no one turns down.
people advice wish
I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.
desire modern-life satisfaction
The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
time years giving
There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.
family blood water
There's an awful lot of blood around that water is thicker than.
freedom want tyranny
We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"
want
Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants to be loved.
rich pleasure poor
The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.
sex sleep animal
Good food, good sex, good digestion, good sleep: to these basic animal pleasures, man has added nothing but the good cigarette.
government delinquency plague
The plague of government is senile delinquency.
fool irritated prepared
We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?