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
dream suicide good-life
Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.
life believe puritan
Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you.
desire modern-life satisfaction
The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.
life done tongue
I tell you this, and I tell you plain: What you have done, you will do again; You will bite your tongue, careful or not, Upon the already-bitten spot.
life people serious
People find it hard to be both comic and serious, though life manages it easily enough.
life bears emergencies
Many of us are equal to life's emergencies who cannot bear its day-after-dayness.
life laughter twilight
A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
attitude love-life positive-attitude
Surrounded by people who love life, you love it too; surrounded by people who don't, you don't.
life murphys-law loses
Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.
life writing novel
Few of us write great novels; all of us live them.
life stuff dinner
In life, as in restaurants, we swallow a lot of indigestible stuff just because it comes with the dinner.
blessing trying life-is
Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix.
love life marriage
The hardest learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.
life summer people
We are like people with short-term leases on summer cottages; we can never seem to make our provisions come out even with our stay.