Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 12

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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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• 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.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Christmas, Children, Giving

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• Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Running, Luck, Energy

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

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• 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

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• It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Country, Integrity, Political

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.69, BookBaby

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• 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

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• The neurotic usually obeys his own Golden Rule: Hate thy neighbor as thyself.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hate, Golden, Neighbor

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

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• Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Spiritual, Sloth, Age

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.61, BookBaby

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Neurotic, Humans

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.71, BookBaby

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• We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Effort, Praise

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

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• A productive marriage requires falling in enjoy numerous occasions, usually with the identical man or woman.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Fall, Men, Enjoy

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• Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Way, Odd

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

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• 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

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• The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Airports, Circles, Neurotic

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

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• 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.

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• Men enjoy being thought of as hunters, but are generally too lazy to hunt. Women, on the other hand, love to hunt, but would rather nobody knew it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Funny, Women, Hands

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.53, BookBaby

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• 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

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Long, Neurotic, Plenty

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• 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

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

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Parent, Failing

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• 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

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• 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.

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