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
love dream children
Likely as not, the child you can do the least with will do the most to make you proud.
life night literature
For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.
love desire rage
Love is often gentle, desire always a rage.
love marriage broken-heart
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
running time people
We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.
beautiful intelligent feminine
Many beautiful women have been made happy by their own beauty, but no intelligent woman has ever been made happy by her own intelligence.
love relationship anniversary
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
american-journalist wants
No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.
god thinking may
Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God.
men ego cures
There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.
business procrastination forever
Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all
country thinking doubt
Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.
country proud patriot
Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.
thinking laughing theatre
Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.