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
love men attractive
Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men.
love valentines-day names
Love is the silent saying and saying of a single name.
birthday age finals
A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.
wisdom ignorance purity-and-innocence
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
shock
The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.
inspirational change fear
It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.
firsts hotel rate
A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it.
life summer people
We are like people with short-term leases on summer cottages; we can never seem to make our provisions come out even with our stay.
believe play feelings
Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part and does not believe in the play.
hope feelings permanent
Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.
hate shopping two
Women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets.
confidence being-yourself anxiety
Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.
courage women brave
Even cowards can endure hardship; only the brave can endure suspense.
shopping groceries checkouts
The woman just ahead of you at the supermarket checkout has all the delectable groceries you didn't even know they carried.