Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap.

Mignon McLaughlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 6, 1913 - December 20, 1983

Topics

GenerosityReputationCheapBuyLike

I'm not as snarky as I used to be.

Stacy London

Used

As the brain matures, one thing that happens is the pruning of the synapses. Synaptic pruning does not occur willy-nilly; it depends largely on how any one brain pathway is used.

Robin Marantz Henig

BrainUsedPathwayOne ThingHappens

I love Ashford & Simpson, and I love the Brothers Gibb. They are amazing.

RuPaul

LoveAmazingBrothersI LoveSimpson

If you think you've already made it, that's when you can fall short and go backwards. I'm constantly pushing forward and chasing the element of perfection.

Jason Derulo

PerfectionForwardThinkShortYou

I'm of the establishment but anti-establishment.

Jonathan Powell

Establishment

That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.

Denis Waitley

LifeBeautyTruthTimeYouCreate

The difference between being able to understand something and inventing it in the first place... is called genius.

Craig Bruce

GeniusPlaceUnderstandFirstBeing

I have made a career out of my hobby, which is an incredibly fortunate position to be in, but you have to have the passion. Even today, I will go down to the studio and start singing for what I think is 10 minutes, and I look at the clock, and it's been two hours.

Colm Wilkinson

PassionTodaySingingStartThink

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations.

Bob Beauprez

EducationCommitmentParentsTeachers

Jobs are what give people a sense of fulfillment and self-reliance.

Bob McDonnell

PeopleFulfillmentGiveSenseJobs

I feel I am blessed. So many actresses went without doing a period film in their career, and I got a chance to do one in my first film.

Pooja Hegde

I AmBlessedChanceFeelDoingFilm

I don't want to be in a position that could make me vomit, like air travel. I've purloined airsick bags and stuffed them everywhere, just in case I ever feel the need to throw up. I haven't vomited since 1977, but I think about it all the time. I recognize that it's irrational, but I'd rather jump out of a window than vomit.

Scott Stossel

TimeTravelMeWindowThinkFeel

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