Mignon McLaughlin Quotes
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Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.
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It does not undo harm to acknowledge that we have done it; but it undoes us not to acknowledge it.
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My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.
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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.
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Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.
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When hope is hungry, everything feeds it
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The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves.
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Many beautiful women have been made happy by their own beauty, but no intelligent woman has ever been made happy by her own intelligence.
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To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.
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Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.
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We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.
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A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.
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With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it.
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There's nothing wrong with most men's egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can't cure.
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It is always safe to tell people that they're looking wonderful.
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God and the devil lose to a common enemy: inertia.
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The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.
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Few women care what a man looks like, and a good thing too.
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Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there's no such thing as exactly enough.
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The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those wasted years.
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Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.
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It's easy enough to get along with a loved and loving child - at least till you try to get him to do something.
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No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.
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Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between.
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Be glad that you're greedy; the national economy would collapse if you weren't.
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The death of someone we know always reminds us that we are still alive - perhaps for some purpose which we ought to re-examine.
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If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed.
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Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.
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Your children tell you casually years later what it would have killed you with worry to know at the time.
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There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.
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