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
people furniture motive
We can never understand other people's motives, nor their furniture.
hero sense-of-humor villain
In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.
thinking world polonius
The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius.
believe neurotic
The neurotic believes that life has meaning, but that his life hasn't.
way neurotic
Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.
people wish neurotic
The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone — until they do.
anxiety neurotic accidents
Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.
thinking weather talking
The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.
sleep news neurotic
Neurotics would like to sleep all the time, and to be awakened only when there is good news.
missing shooting barrels
Being neurotic is like shooting fish in a barrel, and missing them.
firsts succeed failing
If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.
suffering doe neurotic
Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.
god needs young
The young do not need God, and the old cannot find Him.
week pleasure
One of life's few really reliable pleasures: to have a family you love, and to leave them for a week.