Mignon McLaughlin Quotes - Page 7

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• When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Wise, Why Not, Wise Words

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

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• There are now electrical appliances with the main unit so sealed in that it cannot be got at for repair. There have always been human beings like that.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Psychology, Electrical, Units

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

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• Your money, or your life. We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Money, Doe, Demand

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.95, BookBaby

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• No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Matter, Infatuation

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

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• When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Mother, Father, Mean

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.43, BookBaby

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• Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Business, Procrastination, Forever

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

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• Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Each Day, Television, Might

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• The neurotic's strongest fantasy is that he has no fantasies. The real is very real to him, the unreal even more so.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Real, Fantasy, Neurotic

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.57, BookBaby

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• No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Business, Communication, Silence

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.12, BookBaby

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• We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Eye, Glimpse, Self Help

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.79, BookBaby

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• A bore: one who knows as well as you do what he is going to say next.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Next, Bores, Wells

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• We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Entrepreneur, Succeed, Terror

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• Men never know how tired they are till their wives sit them down for a nice long talk.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Inspirational, Funny, Marriage

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.22, BookBaby

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• Neurotics would like to sleep all the time, and to be awakened only when there is good news.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Sleep, News, Neurotic

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

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• My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Religious, Thinking, Giving

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.93, BookBaby

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• A hypochondriac is one who has a pill for everything except what ails him.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Pills, Medical, Hypochondriac

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.64, BookBaby

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• Children lack morality, but they also lack fake morality.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Children, Hypocrisy, Fake

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

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• Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Travel, Land, Flying

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

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• I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  God, Godly, Hiding

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.94, BookBaby

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• Desire creates havoc when it is the only thing between two people, or when it is what's missing.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Love, Two, People

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

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• The young do not need God, and the old cannot find Him.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  God, Needs, Young

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.94, BookBaby

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• If you are brave too often, people will come to expect it of you.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  People, Bravery, Brave

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

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• After the chills and fever of love, how nice is the 98.6 degrees of marriage.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Marriage, Couple, Nice

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.23, BookBaby

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• Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Enthusiasm, Vices, Virtue

  Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.93, BookBaby

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• Many who would not take the last cookie would take the last lifeboat.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Cookies, Lasts, Manners

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