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
mother way mothers-love
There's no way to repay a mother's love, or lack of it.
men way down-and
Men feel that women somehow drag them down, and women feel that way about men. It's possible that both are right.
confused way wanted-to-be-loved
No one ever loved anyone the way that person wanted to be loved.
people way odd
Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.
mean doors way
The way the neurotic sees it: bars on his door mean that he's locked in; bars on your door mean that he's locked out.
way neurotic
Neurotics are sure that no one understands them, and they wouldn't have it any other way.
confidence way waste
We are all such a waste of our potential, like three-way lamps using one-way bulbs.
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.
courage gets matters minute next
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one minute to the next
composed strength weakness
Our strength is often composed of the weakness we're damned if we're going to show