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
player tennis healthy
Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.
trust bravery literature
We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.
world-suffering religion forget
When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one.
memorable religion sin
Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.
ideas literature matter
No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.
self long-ago sometimes
We sometimes feel that we have been really understood, but it was always long ago, by someone now dead.
forgiveness im-sorry regret
True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.
girl men brain
Men who don't like girls with brains don't like girls.
hate wise-words trade
If you hate your lot but wouldn't trade it, it's not your lot you hate.
next wells bores
A bore: one who knows as well as you do what he is going to say next.
get-better sometimes
Things are never so bad that they can't get worse. But they're sometimes so bad they can't get better.
kindness people
There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people.
heart passion years
Anything you do from the heart enriches you, but sometimes not till years later.
health sick enough
If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!