Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out. Mason Cooley
Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are. Mason Cooley
Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.
Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables. Mason Cooley
Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.
Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never. Mason Cooley
Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.
Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying. Mason Cooley
Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.
Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation. Mason Cooley
Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology. Mason Cooley
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory. Mason Cooley
First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.
Money is to my social existence what health is to my body. Mason Cooley
Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.
We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled. Mason Cooley
We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.
The body has a mind of its own. Mason Cooley
The body has a mind of its own.
Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation. Mason Cooley
Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation.
To understand a literary style, consider what it omits. Mason Cooley
To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
The time I kill is killing me. Mason Cooley
The time I kill is killing me.
Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening. Mason Cooley
Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.
While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote. Mason Cooley
While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote.
My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet. Mason Cooley
My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.
Fears and lies intensify consciousness. Mason Cooley
Fears and lies intensify consciousness.
Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children. Mason Cooley
Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.
Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten. Mason Cooley
Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.' Mason Cooley
'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'
In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing. Mason Cooley
In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. Mason Cooley
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
Many gloat over their own troubles. Mason Cooley
Many gloat over their own troubles.
To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little. Mason Cooley
To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs. Mason Cooley
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness. Mason Cooley
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker. Mason Cooley
The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
Even boredom has its crises. Mason Cooley
Even boredom has its crises.
Who would not give up wit for power and beauty? Mason Cooley
Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?