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
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.
believe interesting people
To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.
ignorance people knows
The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.
people advice wish
I'm always there to tell people that their life is not that bad. I wish it was easy to follow that advice.
people safe wonderful
It is always safe to tell people that they're looking wonderful.
people brave ifs
If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.
running people realizing
Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody- and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.
confidence self people
Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.
love two people
Desire creates havoc when it is the only thing between two people, or when it is what's missing.
people way odd
Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.
kindness people
There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people.
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.
people want affair
People keep telling us about their love affairs, when what we really want to know is how much money they make and how they manage on it.
people furniture motive
We can never understand other people's motives, nor their furniture.