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.”

“We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.”

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

“Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.”

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

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

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

“Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.”

“There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.”

“It took man thousands of years to put words down on paper, and his lawyers still wish he wouldn't.”

“Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.”

“Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.”

“We are all born brave, trusting and greedy, and most of us remain greedy.”

“It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.”

“When suffering comes, we yearn for some sign from God, forgetting we have just had one.”