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
rooms moments strikes
The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.
psychology neurosis cold
Neurosis is no worse than a bad cold; you ache all over, and it's made you a mess, but you won't die from it.
years two forgiving
The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those wasted years.
beautiful eye wings
People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.
entrepreneur succeed terror
We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed.
women naked thirty
Women who feel naked without their lipstick are well over thirty.
world factories mankind
God is less careful than General Motors, for He floods the world with factory rejects.
firsts succeed failing
If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.
lonely anger envy
Spite is never lonely; envy always tags along.
women littles murder
Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between.
teenage teens shame
What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us.
growing-up children knowing
Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English.
two impossible two-things
Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once.
confidence self people
Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.