Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 11

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• We are irritated by rascals, intolerant of fools, and prepared to love the rest. But where are they?

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  Hypocrisy, Fool, Irritated

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.25, BookBaby

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• 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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mean, Doors, Bars

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

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• Learn a little of anything, and you're ready to proselytize.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Littles, Ready

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• No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Ideas, Half, Literature

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

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• I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems.

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  Money, Wish, Firsts

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• Nobody ever loved anybody like everybody wants to be loved.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Want

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• Only where children gather is there any real chance of fun.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Fun, Real

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

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• Anywhere you go liking everyone, everyone will be likeable.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Attitude, Positive Thinking

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• Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  God, Looks, Needed

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• Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest!

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  Powerful, Pay The Price, Literature

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

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• How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  God, Lonely, Loneliness

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.92, BookBaby

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• After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed; after all, he does.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Friendly, Doe, Tantrums

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.55, BookBaby

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• What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Inspirational, Teenage, Teens

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

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• Few women care what a man looks like, and a good thing too.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Men, Looks, Care

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.51, BookBaby

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• Revenge leads to an empty fullness, like eating dirt.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Revenge, Dirt, Eating

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

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• A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Marriage, Husband, Looks

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.24, BookBaby

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• You can't truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character.

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  Character, Action, Wise Words

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• We are like people with short-term leases on summer cottages; we can never seem to make our provisions come out even with our stay.

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  Life, Summer, People

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• In the theater, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.

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  Hero, Sense Of Humor, Villain

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

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• Philosophy teaches a man that he can't take it with him; taxes teach him he can't leave it behind either.

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  Philosophy, Men, Taxes

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.98, BookBaby

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• A woman will do anything to keep a pretty figure, but hardly anything to get one.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Figures

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.52, BookBaby

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

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  Funny, Women, Competition

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

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• 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

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• 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.

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  People, Giving, Return

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

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• Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.

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  Country, Thinking, Doubt

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.55, BookBaby

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