Doe Quotes by Mason Cooley

The grandeur of a philosophy does not certify its truth.

— Mason Cooley

History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.

— Mason Cooley

Charity does not like arithmetic; selfishness worships it.

— Mason Cooley

Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

— Mason Cooley

The eye deals with excess more easily than the stomach does.

— Mason Cooley

The power of the past does not depend on our knowledge of it.

— Mason Cooley

Pornography does not inspire violence, but you can break a leg trying to imitate it.

— Mason Cooley

All anger feels like righteous anger; sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not.

— Mason Cooley

Prudence does not make people happy; it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble.

— Mason Cooley

Against classical philosophy: thinking about eternity or the immensity of the universe does not lessen my unhappiness.

— Mason Cooley

Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.

— Mason Cooley

The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.

— Mason Cooley

Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.

— Mason Cooley

Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.

— Mason Cooley

True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do.

— Mason Cooley

Modern thought does not offer consolations, but upsets.

— Mason Cooley

Skepticism does not preserve us from foolhardy deeds.

— Mason Cooley

Narcissus weeps to find that his Image does not return his love.

— Mason Cooley

Your need to talk does not create in me a need to listen.

— Mason Cooley

Regretting the past does not prevent me from repeating it.

— Mason Cooley

Courage overrides self-doubt, but does not end it.

— Mason Cooley

Sexual attraction pairs people, but does not match them.

— Mason Cooley

To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool.

— Mason Cooley

An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.

— Mason Cooley

A restaurant with candles and flowers evokes more reveries than the Isle of Bali does.

— Mason Cooley

Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit.

— Mason Cooley