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
courage gets matters minute next
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one minute to the next
ideas literature matter
No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.
real matter faults
We are keenly aware of the faults of our friends, but if they like us enough it doesn't matter.
love matter infatuation
No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.
opportunity boredom matter
Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.
courage cancer matter
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
love matter infatuation
We choose those we like; with those we love, we have no say in the matter.
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.
composed strength weakness
Our strength is often composed of the weakness we're damned if we're going to show
american-journalist wants
No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.