List of Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

Creative Work Is One Of Life's Greatest Pleasures, And The Only One We Will Gladly Interrupt.

Others Settle For Small Rewards; The Neurotic Must Always Go For Broke.

The Young Do Not Need God, And The Old Cannot Find Him.

If It Came True, It Wasn't Much Of A Dream.

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.

The Neurotic Feels As Though Trapped In A Gas-filled Room Where At Any Moment Someone, Probably Himself, Will Strike A Match.

The Neurotic Longs To Touch Bottom, So At Least He Won't Have That To Worry About Anymore.

There's Only One Person Who Needs A Glass Of Water Oftener Than A Small Child Tucked In For The Night, And That's A Writer Sitting Down To Write.

Neurotic Quarrels Always Have The Same Theme-song: Hate Me And Get It Over With.

Too Much Money Is As Demoralizing As Too Little, And There's No Such Thing As Exactly Enough.

Philosophy Teaches A Man That He Can't Take It With Him; Taxes Teach Him He Can't Leave It Behind Either.

Beauty Often Fades, But Seldom So Swiftly As The Joy It Gives Us.