Quote

The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone - until they do.

Mignon McLaughlin

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mignon McLaughlin
Age: 70 †
Born: 1913
Born: June 6
Died: 1983
Died: December 20
Journalist
Writer
the United States of America
Wish
Always
Would
People
Neurotic
Wishes
Alone

More quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

Image
Naturally, the neurotic wants you to love him twice as much, for he's going to cut it in half anyway.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
God doesn't measure His bounty, but oh how we do!
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
After he has had his tantrum, the neurotic expects those around him to feel friendly and relaxed after all, he does.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
When their children fail to charm others, few parents can stay neutral.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Neurotics expect you to remember all the things that they tell you, and many that they don't.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest!
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
How can a man marry wisely in his twenties? The girl he's going to wind up wanting hasn't even been born.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
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
Image
We can never understand other people's motives, nor their furniture.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
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.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
In any family, measles are less contagious than bad habits.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Luck: when your burst of energy doesn't run afoul of someone else's.
Mignon McLaughlin