Mason Cooley Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Mason Cooley quotes, Mason Cooley sayings, and Mason Cooley proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The cow's point of view deserves more literary attention. Mason Cooley
Even a cow creates ambiguous signifiers. The moo of mystery. Mason Cooley
In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing. Mason Cooley
In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing. Mason Cooley
A blunt statement can be as false as any other. Mason Cooley
Unemployment diminishes people. Leisure enlarges them. Mason Cooley
When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say. Mason Cooley
What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance. Mason Cooley
Scholarship can find little to say about the obvious. Mason Cooley
Magic lives in curves, not angles. Mason Cooley
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. Mason Cooley
Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires. Mason Cooley
In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything. Mason Cooley
Prudence does not make people happy; it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble. Mason Cooley
Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers. Mason Cooley
Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk. Mason Cooley
The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually. Mason Cooley
For many, immaturity is an ideal, not a defect. Mason Cooley
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves. Mason Cooley
Language cannot say everything, fortunately. Mason Cooley
At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough. Mason Cooley
Dieting is our last tie with asceticism. Mason Cooley
Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage. Mason Cooley
Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises. Mason Cooley
An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another. Mason Cooley
Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope. Mason Cooley
Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows. Mason Cooley
Disappointment proves that expectations were mistaken. Mason Cooley
We express disappointment in everything except ourselves. Mason Cooley
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce. Mason Cooley