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
revenge dirt eating
Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.
voice next
The next voice you hear will undoubtedly be your own.
boredom causes results
Boredom is often the cause of promiscuity, and always its result.
arms faults shapes
The fault we admit to is seldom the fault we have, but it has a certain relationship to it, a somewhat similar shape, like that of a sleeve to an arm.
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.
tragedy losing failing
Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.
trying trouble nobody-knows
Nobody knows the trouble we've seen-but we keep trying to tell them.
creativity creative pleasure
Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.
believe interesting people
To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.
christmas children giving
No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.
outlets shopkeepers goods
Goods are displayed by thousands of shopkeepers with a sense of beauty that finds no other outlet.
giving-up democracy firsts
When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.
strong groups found
Every group feels strong once it has found a scapegoat.
ignorance people knows
The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.