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
song hate quarrels
Neurotic quarrels always have the same theme-song: Hate me and get it over with.
artist no-friends
An artist usually has no friends except other artists, and usually they do not like his work.
beauty giving joy
Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.
player tennis healthy
Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.
bitterness bitter my-thoughts
My thoughts, I guess, are bitter: who but the bitter have thoughts?
next wells bores
A bore: one who knows as well as you do what he is going to say next.
children asks knows
Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.
children adults natural
There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.
lying merit telling-the-truth
Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.
patterns unpredictable uniqueness
Others follow patterns; we alone are unpredictable.
masters hard altruism
Altruism is a hard master, but so is opportunism.
mean men gossip
Men gossip less than women, but mean it.
around-the-corner corners knows
Courage doesn't know what's around the corner, but goes around it anyway.
children parent failing
When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.