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
mind pessimistic firsts
The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic.
giving-up democracy firsts
When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.
vacation two firsts
The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.
falling-in-love firsts feels
When first we fall in love, we feel that we know all there is to know about life, and perhaps we are right.
money wish firsts
I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.
firsts succeed failing
If the second marriage really succeeds, the first one didn't really fail.
cities firsts literature
We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.
firsts hotel rate
A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it.
men ego cures
There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.
women littles able
A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine.
american-journalist among count handful money ourselves people whom
There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we count ourselves among them.
american-journalist
We would all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
society
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
courage gets matters minute next
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one minute to the next