Mason Cooley

Death is hacking away at my address book and party lists.

— Mason Cooley

Old age likes indecency. It's a sign of life.

— Mason Cooley

Health can be squandered, but not stored up.

— Mason Cooley

As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.

— Mason Cooley

Attachments and bereavements are inseparable.

— Mason Cooley

Victorian sorrow: the stars are winking in the sky, but not for us.

— Mason Cooley

My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.

— Mason Cooley

Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can further one another.

— Mason Cooley

Even a cow creates ambiguous signifiers. The moo of mystery.

— Mason Cooley

Theory now: concern for truth must not hobble our discussion.

— Mason Cooley

The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.

— Mason Cooley

The realism of failure, the romance of success.

— Mason Cooley

Lechery is secretive, but must finally reveal itself to at least one.

— Mason Cooley

Curiosity engenders both science and scandal.

— Mason Cooley

Nothing more cheerful than talking about our friends shortcomings.

— Mason Cooley

Intelligence complicates. Wisdom simplifies.

— Mason Cooley

In youth, love and art. In age, investments and antiques.

— Mason Cooley

Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father.

— Mason Cooley

Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.

— Mason Cooley

I love you to distraction, but Icannot see you until Thursday.

— Mason Cooley

If you belong to the underclass, you are already guilty.

— Mason Cooley

The avant-garde is now stranded in the past.

— Mason Cooley

Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.

— Mason Cooley

An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

— Mason Cooley

In the theater of confusion, knowing the location of the exits is what counts.

— Mason Cooley

Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.

— Mason Cooley

Mild brown eyes beckon me to the past, but memory provides no clue.

— Mason Cooley

I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues.

— Mason Cooley

Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear. Mason Cooley

— Mason Cooley

Jealousy is inconsolable because it cannot know the beloved

— Mason Cooley

Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end.

— Mason Cooley

We worship the aesthetic, but we do not have faith in it.

— Mason Cooley

Boredom is the only sure cure for neurosis.

— Mason Cooley

To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

— Mason Cooley

Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.

— Mason Cooley

In even the happiest love story, the World wins at last.

— Mason Cooley

Cynicism often draws correct conclusions, but nobody could live by its lights.

— Mason Cooley

Blackmail is one of the great pastimes of family life.

— Mason Cooley

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

— Mason Cooley

Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies.

— Mason Cooley