Mason Cooley Quotes

Most popular Mason Cooley Quotes

Folly always knows the answer.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

answers folly

Rereading, we find a new book.
— Mason Cooley Outerbridge

reading re-reading

The time I kill is killing me.
— Mason Cooley

time

Fear regulates.  Appetite impels.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

appetite

The life of pleasure breeds boredom.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

pleasure boredom

The aphorism is a slippery plaything.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms, 8th Selection

aphorisms

Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

melancholy

Pride sings and dances; humility sighs.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

humility

Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.
— Mason Cooley

faith

A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel.
— Mason Cooley
Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

self-pity sympathy

The nonsense that charms is close to sense.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms, 11th Selection

nonsense

Denial of one appetite sharpens the others.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

appetite

Attaining even mediocrity is often a struggle.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

mediocrity

People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms, 11th Selection

jealousy envy

Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms, 3rd Selection

jargon

The critic roams through culture, looking for prey.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms, 11th Selection

critics

Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms, 3rd Selection

mistakes

With age, comfort becomes more seductive than beauty.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

age

In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

food

Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

kindness

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
— Mason Cooley

forgiveness

Passion crashes into obstacles; reason peers around them.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms, 6th Selection

obstacles reason passion

The narcissist enjoys being looked at and not looking back.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

narcissist

Joy goes as deep as sorrow, but leaves less of itself behind.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

joy suffering

Even in writing an annual report, the unconscious plays a role.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

subconscious

Narcissus weeps to find that his Image does not return his love.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

narcissist

Stupidity is a fact of life, but unmentionable. The new Prudery.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

stupidity

At the end of every diet, the path curves back toward the trough.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

dieting

The extravagance of intellect outstrips the extravagance of desire.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

intellect

Pornography and cooking shows have created two new spectator sports.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

cooking

The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

resentment duty

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

equality

The aphorism offers a momentary sense of mastery over some confusion or unhappiness.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

aphorisms

Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms,

narcissist

Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.
— Mason Cooley City Aphorisms, 4th Selection

arrogance