Mignon McLaughlin Giving Quotations

No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.

When threatened, the first thing a democracy gives up is democracy.

Beauty often fades, but seldom so swiftly as the joy it gives us.

We are never more self-righteous than when giving up what we should have shunned all along.

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

Don't ask others to forgive in you a sin they're dying to commit themselves.

There are whole years for which I hope I'll never be cross-examined, for I could not give an alibi.

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

What we forgive too freely doesn't stay forgiven.

The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those wasted years.

A good executive is one who makes people contentedly settle for less than they meant to get, in return for more than they meant to give.