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
drinking alcohol desire
The chief reason for drinking is the desire to behave in a certain way, and to be able to blame it on alcohol.
business communication silence
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.
land flying promise
Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.
play groups novel
Few novels or plays could exist without at least one troublemaker in the group, and perhaps life couldn't either.
freedom anger honor
Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
best-love women heart
The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.
attitude love-life positive-attitude
Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't.
godly looks needed
Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there.
teenage thinking teens
How strange that the young should always think the world is against them - when in fact that is the only time it is for them.
godly hiding easy
I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.
sex men average
Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man.
children parent monsters
A parent who has never apologized to his children is a monster. If he's always apologizing, his children are monsters.
differences helping our-lives
Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.
men keys goes-on
Men prefer brief praise, pitched high; women are satisfied with praise in a lower key, just so it goes on and on.