Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 12

Quotes about:

• 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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Giving, Return

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.96, BookBaby

  5 Copy quote

• If your husband expects you to laugh, do so; if he expects you to cry, don't; if you don't know what he expects, what are you doing married?

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Husband, Women, Laughing

  9 Copy quote

• There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Time, Years, Giving

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

  9 Copy quote

• Self-confidence grows on trees, in other people's orchards.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Confidence, Self, People

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.60, BookBaby

  14 Copy quote

• Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Dog, Children, Motivation

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.36, BookBaby

  10 Copy quote

• Even in the same family, one child will always instinctively know when to ask for things, and another won't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Knows, Asks

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.35, BookBaby

  5 Copy quote

• There's no way to repay a mother's love, or lack of it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mother, Way, Mother's Love

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.38, BookBaby

  6 Copy quote

• All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Women, Competition

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

  9 Copy quote

• In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Years, Age, Desire

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

  8 Copy quote

• Women go to beauty parlors for the unmussed look men hate.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hate, Women, Looks

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.42, BookBaby

  7 Copy quote

• At night, neurotics may toil not, but oh how they spin!

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Night, Toil, May

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.59, BookBaby

  4 Copy quote

• It's awesome to realize that if your greatest potential talent is for riding a bicycle upside down on a high wire, you will somehow discover it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Wire, Riding, Talent

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.86, BookBaby

  4 Copy quote

• Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Summer, Spring, Fall

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.108, BookBaby

  11 Copy quote

• When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Failing

  4 Copy quote

• They threaten me with lung cancer, and still I smoke and smoke. If they'd only threaten me with hard work, I might stop.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Cancer, Hard Work, Smoking

  "The Second Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1966.

  54 Copy quote

• Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Two, Effort, Impossible

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

  4 Copy quote

• The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Rich, Pleasure, Poor

  "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

  4 Copy quote

• A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Birthday, Age, Finals

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

  8 Copy quote

• An artist usually has no friends except other artists, and usually they do not like his work.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Artist, No Friends

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.85, BookBaby

  4 Copy quote

• At the beginning of a love affair, not even the neurotic is neurotic.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Affair, Love Affair, Neurotic

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.32, BookBaby

  6 Copy quote

• If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Health, Sick, Enough

  5 Copy quote

• People are like birds: on the wing, all beautiful; up close, all beady little eyes.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Beautiful, Eye, Wings

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.13, BookBaby

  7 Copy quote

• The first two days of a vacation are endless; then it flies.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Vacation, Two, Firsts

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.48, BookBaby

  4 Copy quote

• Neurotics have plenty of non-neurotic friends, but not for long.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Long, Neurotic, Plenty

  4 Copy quote

• It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Men, Years, Wish

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.90, BookBaby

  4 Copy quote

Page 12 of 16

First

← Prev

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin