All Quotes by Mason Cooley
“Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.”
“Money: power at its most liquid.”
“I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.”
“Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.”
“The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.”
“Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.”
“Cure for an obsession: get another one.”
“Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.”
“Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.”
“Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.”
“Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.”
“As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.”
“Cure for an obsession: get another one.”
“Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.”
“Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.”
“Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.”
“Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.”
“Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.”
“Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.”
“Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.”
“In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.”
“Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.”
“Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.”
“I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.”
“The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.”
“Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.”
“Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.”
“Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.”
“Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.”
“When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.”
“To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.”
“People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.”
“Don’t milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.”
“Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.”
“Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?”
“Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.”
“Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.”
“Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.”
“I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.”
“Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.”
“To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.”
“Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.”
“Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.”
“The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.”