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 wants
No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.
prayer feel-better want
We often pray to be better, when in truth we only want to feel better.
want
Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants to be loved.
women want women-want
No woman wants to see herself too clearly.
falling-in-love men want
When a man falls in love, he wants to go to bed. When a woman falls in love, she wants to talk about it.
freedom want tyranny
We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"
confused way wanted-to-be-loved
No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved.
cutting want half
Naturally, the neurotic wants you to love him twice as much, for he's going to cut it in half anyway.
men listening want
Women are good listeners, but it's a waste of time telling your troubles to a man unless there's something specific you want him to do.
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.
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.