Quotes from Mignon McLaughlin

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

How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.

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

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

Comfort, or revelation: God owes us one of these, but surely not both.

Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God.

We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not.

God and the devil lose to a common enemy: inertia.

God is less careful than General Motors, for He floods the world with factory rejects.

So long as God reveals Himself, or doesn't, He is behaving like God.

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

The plague of government is senile delinquency.

We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it.

Many things can make you miserable for weeks; few can bring you a whole day of happiness.

If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!

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

The total history of almost anyone would shock almost everyone.

Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children.

Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition.

When hope is hungry, everything feeds it

The ideal home: big enough for you to hear the children, but not very well.

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles.

We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.

What a shame that allowances have to stop with the teens: both those that are paid to us and those that are made for us.