Inspirational Quotes by Mason Cooley

Even alone we go on justifying ourselves.

— Mason Cooley

The muse is blind as Cupid and skittish as Diana.

— Mason Cooley

Everything changes as it is written down.

— Mason Cooley

I keep renaming my motives, but continue doing the same things.

— Mason Cooley

In retirement, only money and symptoms are consequential.

— Mason Cooley

Jealousy is inconsolable because it cannot know the beloved

— Mason Cooley

Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.

— Mason Cooley

Every work of art changes its predecessors.

— Mason Cooley

Politicians love change, but of details only.

— Mason Cooley

The best propaganda omits rather than invents

— Mason Cooley

Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief.

— Mason Cooley

When a paradox is widely believed, it is no longer recognized as a paradox.

— Mason Cooley

Indifference creates an artificial peace.

— Mason Cooley

Generosity knows how to count, but refrains.

— Mason Cooley

Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.

— Mason Cooley

Carnal knowledge is as forgettable as the other kinds.

— Mason Cooley

Nature knows no difference between weeds and flowers.

— Mason Cooley

Unemployment diminishes people. Leisure enlarges them.

— Mason Cooley

I cling to depression, thinking it a form of truth.

— Mason Cooley

Alone, I am satisfied with myself. With others, I am beset by troubling comparisons.

— Mason Cooley

Simplicity is a strict taskmaster.

— Mason Cooley

Don't milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.

— Mason Cooley

To a suicide: You just poisoned the wrong person.

— Mason Cooley

Retirement is a one-way trip to insignificance.

— Mason Cooley

Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here?

— Mason Cooley