All Mignon McLaughlin Quotes
- My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance. Better
- In church, sacred music would make believers of us all — but preachers can be counted on to restore the balance. All
- 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. Been
- Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves. Brutally
- With each passing year, one has less to say, and knows better how to say it. Better
- Confession is good for the conscience, but it usually bypasses the soul. Bypass
- Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly. All
- When "Why not do it?" barely outweighs "Why do it?" — don't do it. Barely
- No woman wants to see herself too clearly. Clearly
- Women go to beauty parlors for the unmussed look men hate. Beauty
- Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed. Needed
- A woman asks little of love: only that she be able to feel like a heroine. Able
- If your husband expects you to laugh, do so; if he expects you to cry, don't; if you don't know what he expects, what are… Cry
- With men, as with women, the main struggle is between vanity and comfort; but with men, comfort often wins. Comfort
- Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them. Break
- Pull yourself together' is seldom said to anyone who can. Anyone
- There's no way to repay a mother's love, or lack of it. Inspirational
- Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself. Admit
- If an article is attractive, or useful, or inexpensive, they'll stop making it tomorrow; if it's all three, they stopped making it yesterday. All
- We climb mountains because they are there, and worship God because He is not. Climb