Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.

Mignon McLaughlin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SocietyLivingDeadTroublemakers

We've tapped into a huge demand, and it's up to us to fulfill that demand and to be creative doing it.

Jim Barksdale

CreativeDoingUpUsDemandFulfill

My career did start in the Spanish language industry, and that's probably because my father is my manager. He pushed my career in the direction he knew best.

Jencarlos Canela

FatherBestStartDirectionLanguage

SIS, the Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, also has no executive powers and operates abroad on CIA lines, but with a tiny percentage of the budget and a tiny percentage of the personnel.

John le Carre

ServiceIntelligenceBudgetSecret

I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.

John Irving

LanguageFindingKnowMatterGoing

I never questioned if I was effeminate or not. That didn't matter in the theatre.

Robert Lepage

TheatreMatterNeverEffeminate

All women are forces of nature, and I believe in their power.

Stephanie McMahon

NatureWomenPowerBelieveI Believe

I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries.

Toni Collette

WorkTravelMindNiceTasteWhere

The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.

Tony Scott

WorkWorldSickThingsBig

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

Michel de Montaigne

LifeDreamsSleepDreamSleeping

'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'

Louise Mensch

TimeBestFirstKidFictionPrime

First, this isn't about telecommuting, because we still have offices that people will come to regularly when they need to brainstorm together, meet with clients, or do research in the library.

Jay Chiat

TogetherPeopleResearchLibrary

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.

Douglas Coupland

ParentsYouBecomeTryMoreYour

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