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
retrospect triumph defeat
In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.
believe silly mind
If you jot down every silly thought that pops into your mind, you will soon find out everything you most seriously believe.
absence coarse vulgar
Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.
fall bread sides
I know which side my bread is buttered on: the side which falls on the carpet.
pet one-day next
One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.
littles ready
Learn a little of anything, and you're ready to proselytize.
cash despise turns
Cash is the one gift everyone despises and no one turns down.
people advice wish
I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.
vacation two firsts
The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.
wire riding-a-bicycle talent
It's awesome to realize that if your greatest potential talent is for riding a bicycle upside down on a high wire, you will somehow discover it.
want
Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants to be loved.
rich pleasure poor
The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.
doe done harm
It does not undo harm to acknowledge that we have done it; but it undoes us not to acknowledge it.
children trying enough
It's easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child - at least till you try to get him to do something.