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.
hate lying night
The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves.
hate women looks
Women go to beauty parlors for the unmussed look men hate.
hate winning fine
I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose; I hate a draw and can't stop competing; otherwise I'm fine.
hate golden neighbor
The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.
hate wise-words trade
If you hate your lot but wouldn't trade it, it's not your lot you hate.
hate eye worry
Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
hate shopping two
Women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets.
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