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
marriage partnership businessman
Many marriages are simply working partnerships between businessmen and housekeepers.
marriage our-world break
Some marriages break up, and some do not, and in our world you can usually explain the former better than the latter.
marriage years may
A love that lasts for twenty years may be better than love, but it isn't love.
marriage affair restful
Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.
marriage judging convenience
The marriage of convenience has this to recommend it: we are better judges of convenience than we are of love.
integrity vices virtue
Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put.
hungry
When hope is hungry, everything feeds it
worry worried ifs
If I knew why I worried so much, I wouldn't worry.
marriage couple nice
After the chills and fever of love, how nice is the 98.6 degrees of marriage.
mirrors letters rooms
If you must reread old love letters, better pick a room without mirrors.
sex revenge loneliness
Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity.
spiritual sloth age
Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.
funny marriage witty
What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.
funny marriage witty
Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk.