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
forgiveness forgiving power-of-forgiveness
What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.
track enemy minutes
The neurotic keeps minute track of his enemies; it is only his friends he is careless about.
stalking caught creatures
Every creatures stalks some other, and catches it, and is caught.
cancer hard-work smoking
They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.
cigarette-smoke smoking i-can
To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life-work.
society
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.