Want Quotes by Mason Cooley

I want to appear ordinary, but I have it understood that I am not.

— Mason Cooley

Of course I want to be good, but that may not be to your advantage.

— Mason Cooley

It's no good being exclusive if nobody wants in.

— Mason Cooley

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

— Mason Cooley

The sentimental want to be thrilled by everything.

— Mason Cooley

Victimization has its privileges, and I want some.

— Mason Cooley

Faith no doubt moves mountains, but not necessarily to where we want them.

— Mason Cooley

Birth dates and bathroom scales tell more truth than I want to know.

— Mason Cooley

The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street.

— Mason Cooley

Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.

— Mason Cooley

At retirement, switching from "I must" to "I want" leaves me puzzled and uneasy.

— Mason Cooley

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

— Mason Cooley

Never invite to dinner: those who won't decide until the last minute; those who come more than half an hour late; those…

— Mason Cooley

Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself.

— Mason Cooley

Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.

— Mason Cooley

Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?

— Mason Cooley

The novelty we want is always close to the familiar.

— Mason Cooley

The egg is the symbol of perfection. Do you want an egg?

— Mason Cooley

If I want my time wasted, I'll waste it myself.

— Mason Cooley

As soon as I hear of a right, I want it

— Mason Cooley

By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.

— Mason Cooley

The aphorism wants to be at the same time both main line and off beat.

— Mason Cooley