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
indecisive difficult neurotic
No good neurotic finds it difficult to be both opinionated and indecisive.
loneliness insomnia reality
Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
time pain health
If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.
happy pieces what-is-happiness
We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.
courage cancer matter
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
risk catastrophe
Most of us would rather risk catastrophe than read the directions....
family understanding bitterness
Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back.
fairy exciting tooth-fairy
Money is much more exciting than anything it buys.
attitude love-life positive-attitude
Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't.
shopping groceries checkouts
The woman just ahead of you at the supermarket checkout has all the delectable groceries you didn't even know they carried.
sex men desire
Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite.
differences helping our-lives
Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.
godly hiding easy
I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.
godly looks needed
Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there.