Ideas Quotes by Mason Cooley

Nature often seems like an idea that has had its day.

— Mason Cooley

Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.

— Mason Cooley

Technique bridges among ideas, and sometimes generates them.

— Mason Cooley

In the present age, a man with harmonious ideas is regarded as out of touch.

— Mason Cooley

The chair as ideas fits only the bottom as idea.

— Mason Cooley

Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.

— Mason Cooley

If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.

— Mason Cooley

Beggars remind us that not all miseries arise from our ideas.

— Mason Cooley

Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own.

— Mason Cooley

Methodology gives those with no ideas something to do.

— Mason Cooley

You are so tactful that I have no idea what you want.

— Mason Cooley

Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.

— Mason Cooley

The lover as baby is a less troubling idea than the baby as lover.

— Mason Cooley