Quotes from Mignon McLaughlin

As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.

Neurosis is no worse than a bad cold; you ache all over, and it's made you a mess, but you won't die from it.

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

Philosophy teaches a man that he can't take it with him; taxes teach him he can't leave it behind either.

You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.

Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.

Forget about calories — everything makes thin people thinner, and fat people fatter.

The plague of government is senile delinquency.

Too much money is as demoralizing as too little, and there's no such thing as exactly enough.

The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those wasted years.

There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we count ourselves among them.

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.

When the pain is great enough, we will let anyone be doctor.

Our strength is often composed of the weakness we're damned if we're going to show.

It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.

Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears.

Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers.

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.

It's wonderful to watch a pretty woman with character grow beautiful.

What we love about love is the fever, which marriage puts to bed and cures.

Women are afraid of mice and of murder, and of very little in between.

The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.

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

If it came true, it wasn't much of a dream.