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
christmas children giving
No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.
giving-up democracy firsts
When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.
beauty giving joy
Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.
giving-up self should-have
We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.
religious thinking giving
My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance.
time years giving
There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.
generosity giving reputation
We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
giving people return
A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give.
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