Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 11

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• One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Pet, One Day, Warning

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

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• Neurotics are anxiety prone, accident prone, and often just prone.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Anxiety, Neurotic, Accidents

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.67, BookBaby

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• In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Triumph, Retrospect, Defeat

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

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• My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Time, Nice, Thinking

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.87, BookBaby

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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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Money, Wish, Firsts

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Want

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Powerful, Pay The Price, Literature

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

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Attitude, Positive Thinking

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Women, Competition

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

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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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Giving, Return

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

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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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• When the pressures really mount, the neurotic must choose: Shall he have a good cry, or set fire to his neighbor's house?

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Fire, House, Pressure

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