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
time pain health
If the pain wanders, do not waste your time with doctors.
time children memorable
Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.
time procrastination years
The time to begin most things is ten years ago.
time children years
Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.
world-suffering religion forget
When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one.
time years giving
There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.
integrity vices virtue
Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put.
neurotic humans
As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can.
time nice thinking
My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.
stalking caught creatures
Every creatures stalks some other, and catches it, and is caught.