All Mason Cooley Quotes
- Don't milk the cow too hard. She will kick you. Cow
- Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief. Brief
- Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it. Cannot Prevent
- To appear well dressed, be skinny and tall. Appear
- My obsessions used to be my protectors, but now they have taken me prisoner. Me
- Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports. Curiosity
- Retirement is a one-way trip to insignificance. Insignificance
- Failure makes us envious. Success makes us greedy. Envious
- Moralists love to discourse on the hollowness of success; about the hollowness of failure they are silent. Discourse
- As every cockroach knows, thriving on poisons is the secret of success. Cockroach
- If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas. Brought
- The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path. Asunder
- Unemployment diminishes people. Leisure enlarges them. Diminishes
- Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated. Life
- As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them. Believe
- Indifference creates an artificial peace. Apathy
- Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience. Apathy
- I am skeptical in principle, gullible in practice. Cynicism
- Jealousy is inconsolable because it cannot know the beloved Beloved
- Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. Contained