All Mason Cooley Quotes
- Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it. Been
- To understand someone, find out how he spends his money. Find
- Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris. Drawing
- Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself. Actual
- We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues. Faults
- Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals? Dull
- Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables. Animal
- Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean. Funny
- Young men preen. Old men scheme. Men
- Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference. Bewail
- If I can't serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning. Let
- Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are. Attitude
- silence is the most intolerable of answers. Answers
- True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do. Change
- When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap. Figure
- Regret for wasted time is more wasted time More
- Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book. Book
- Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions. Circle
- Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think. Changed
- Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully Attention