Mignon McLaughlin

Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983) was an American journalist and author.
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In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing.

Mignon McLaughlin

I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth.

Mignon McLaughlin

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

Mignon McLaughlin

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

Mignon McLaughlin

If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious.

Mignon McLaughlin

It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.

Mignon McLaughlin

No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.

Mignon McLaughlin

We lavish on animals the love we are afraid to show to people. They might not return it; or worse, they might.

Mignon McLaughlin

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.

Mignon McLaughlin

Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.

Mignon McLaughlin

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

Mignon McLaughlin

The young are generally full of revolt, and are often pretty revolting about it.

Mignon McLaughlin

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

Mignon McLaughlin

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

Mignon McLaughlin

A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.

Mignon McLaughlin

Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough.

Mignon McLaughlin

A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

Mignon McLaughlin