Quote

Not for nothing does the neurotic suffer - but not for anything very much, either.

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
Neurotic
Suffer
Either
Suffering
Doe
Anything
Nothing
Much

More quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

Image
I'm afraid to win, and afraid to lose I hate a draw and can't stop competing otherwise I'm fine.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
We cough because we can't help it, but others do it on purpose.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
The first two days of a vacation are endless then it flies.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
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
Image
When the pain is great enough, we will let anyone be doctor.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
No good neurotic finds it difficult to be both opinionated and indecisive.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Most of our diversions do not so much delay death as accustom us to it.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
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
Image
The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Being neurotic is like shooting fish in a barrel, and missing them.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
Even cowards can endure hardship only the brave can endure suspense.
Mignon McLaughlin
Image
We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.
Mignon McLaughlin