Quotes By Mason Cooley

Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.

The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.

Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred.

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.

Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.

Few artists can afford artistic temperament.

Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.

Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.

The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.

In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.

Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.

The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.

For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.

No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime.

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

Romantics consider common sense vulgar.

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.

The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind.

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

Never ask a bore a question.

If modesty disappeared, so would exhibitionism.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.