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
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We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.
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No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.
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Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.
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Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
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There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.
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Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.
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We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.
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For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.
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There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.
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A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine.
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There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we count ourselves among them.
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We would all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
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Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
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The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one minute to the next