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
worry worried ifs
If I knew why I worried so much, I wouldn't worry.
men hands lazy
Men enjoy being thought of as hunters, but are generally too lazy to hunt. Women, on the other hand, love to hunt, but would rather nobody knew it.
children rude manners
Says the rude child: "No, I won't do it." Says the courteous grown-up: "Yes, I won't do it.
lying entrepreneur fields
Fields can lie fallow but we can't; we have less time.
mirrors hypocrisy childhood
Throughout our lives, we see in the mirror the same innocent trusting face we have seen there since childhood.
people dieting forget
Forget about calories — everything makes thin people thinner, and fat people fatter.
stalking caught creatures
Every creatures stalks some other, and catches it, and is caught.
marriage nice flower
Pity all newlyweds. She cooks something nice for him, and he brings her flowers, and they kiss and think: How easy marriage is.
running luck energy
Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.
lasts cookies manners
Many who would not take the last cookie would take the last lifeboat.
pills medical hypochondriac
A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.
mom mother safe
The only mothers it is safe to forget on Mother's Day are the good ones.
love matter infatuation
No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.
effort wholeheartedly
What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.