Mignon McLaughlin Thinking Quotations

Those who turn to God for comfort may find comfort but I do not think they will find God.

Theatre audiences can't be made to think and cry: at best, they can be made to think and laugh, or to feel and cry.

My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance.

My doctor is nice; every time I see him, I'm ashamed of what I think of doctors in general.

Neurotics think of the past with resentment, and the future with dread; the present just doesn't exist.

Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.

The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius.

The neurotic listens to weather reports about Small Craft Warnings, and he thinks: They're talking about me.

How strange that the young should always think the world is against them - when in fact that is the only time it is for them.