Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin

Mignon McLaughlin

Mignon McLaughlin

American writer, editor

Lived from: 1913 - 1983

Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 6 june 1913 Died: 20 december 1983

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  • A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
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  • We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
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  • Anything you lose automatically doubles in value.
    The Second Neurotic's Notebook (1966)
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  • Bored with your present enemies? Make new ones! Tell two of your women friends that they look alike.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • Every group feels strong once it has found a scapegoat.
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  • Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
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  • Few women care what a man looks like, and a good thing too.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.
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  • Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • If it came true, it wasn’t much of a dream.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.
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  • In the theatre, as in life, we prefer a villain with a sense of humor to a hero without one.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.
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  • It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
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  • It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.
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  • Loneliness, insomnia, and change: the fear of these is even worse than the reality.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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  • Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.
    The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
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What are the most famous quotes from Mignon McLaughlin?

The two most famous quotes from Mignon McLaughlin are:

  • "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."
  • "We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap."

When did Mignon McLaughlin live?

Mignon McLaughlin was born in 1913 and died in the year 1983.