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
sex men desire
Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite.
broken-heart ache wounds
A new wound makes all the old ones ache again.
life murphys-law loses
Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.
love men love-is
All love is probationary, a fact which frightens women and exhilarates men.
family understanding bitterness
Family quarrels have a total bitterness unmatched by others. Yet it sometimes happens that they also have a kind of tang, a pleasantness beneath the unpleasantness, based on the tacit understanding that this is not for keeps; that any limb you climb out on will still be there later for you to climb back.
confidence way waste
We are all such a waste of our potential, like three-way lamps using one-way bulbs.
passion mind welcome
We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.
habit contagious measles
In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.
years age gone
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
heart writing joy
The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.
powerful pay-the-price literature
Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
new-york humorous car
A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.
friendship believe real-friends
It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
worry anxiety anxious
If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious.