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
giving-up self should-have
We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.
revenge dirt eating
Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.
generosity giving reputation
We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
strength women literature
Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.
fire house pressure
When the pressures really mount, the neurotic must choose: Shall he have a good cry, or set fire to his neighbor's house?
night may toil
At night, neurotics may toil not, but oh how they spin!
suffering doe neurotic
Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.
long neurotic plenty
Neurotics have plenty of non-neurotic friends, but not for long.
people want affair
People keep telling us about their love affairs, when what we really want to know is how much money they make and how they manage on it.
spring mirrors broken
It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.
purpose helping manners
We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose.
voice next
The next voice you hear will undoubtedly be your own.
forgiving dying sin
Don't ask others to forgive in you a sin they're dying to commit themselves.
worst worst-things ifs
If you can tell anyone about it, it's not the worst thing you ever did.