Pleasure Quotes by Mason Cooley

Work saves us from melancholy. Pleasure exposes us to it.

— Mason Cooley

I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.

— Mason Cooley

The most reliable pleasure afforded by theater is the intermission.

— Mason Cooley

I pursue pleasure, but stingily, suspiciously.

— Mason Cooley

Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.

— Mason Cooley

Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.

— Mason Cooley

Experience is a great spoiler of pleasures.

— Mason Cooley

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

— Mason Cooley

Masturbation is a democratic pleasure, practiced by rich and poor, young and old, married and single.

— Mason Cooley

If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.

— Mason Cooley

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.

— Mason Cooley

The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.

— Mason Cooley

Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.

— Mason Cooley

Contempt for others, like masturbation, is best as a secret pleasure.

— Mason Cooley

Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.

— Mason Cooley

The perfect pleasure: money is neither fattening nor immoral nor illegal.

— Mason Cooley

The limitations of pleasure cannot be overcome by more pleasure.

— Mason Cooley

Nothing goes sour more easily than the life of pleasure.

— Mason Cooley

I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.

— Mason Cooley

Profusion gives pleasure up to a point; then we become squeamish.

— Mason Cooley

The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment.

— Mason Cooley