All Mignon McLaughlin Quotes
- I wish I'd said it first, and I don't even know who did: The only problems that money can solve are money problems. Even Know
- A woman's mink coat represents the sacrifice of a lot of little animals, including her husband. Animal
- As we are human, we can't do what we can't do; as we're neurotic, we can't do what we can. Human
- The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport. Airport
- The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match. Any
- 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. Ache
- At the beginning of a love affair, not even the neurotic is neurotic. Affair
- The neurotic doesn't know how to cope with his emotional bills; some he keeps paying over and over, others he never pays at all. All
- Others settle for small rewards; the neurotic must always go for broke. Always Go
- Neurotic: someone who can go from the bottom to the top, and back again, without ever once touching the middle. Bottom
- The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued. Always Half
- Neurotics always feel as though they were going way up or way down, which is odd in people going sideways. Always Feel
- A doctor recently described to me "benign positional vertigo": it means you get dizzy in certain positions, but you can get over it without necessarily… Anxiety
- The neurotic's strongest fantasy is that he has no fantasies. The real is very real to him, the unreal even more so. Fantasies
- The neurotic has perfect vision in one eye, but he cannot remember which. Cannot Remember
- Naturally, the neurotic wants you to love him twice as much, for he's going to cut it in half anyway. Cut
- Neurotics are always looking for something new to overdo. Always Looking
- Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist. Dread
- Neurotics expect you to remember all the things that they tell you, and many that they don't. All
- The way the neurotic sees it: bars on his door mean that he's locked in; bars on your door mean that he's locked out. Bars