All Mason Cooley Quotes
- Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead. Critic
- Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life. Death
- Documents create a paper reality we call proof. Call
- Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred. Called
- Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. Believe
- General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others. Example
- I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards. Afterwards
- I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am. Exceptional
- Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. Amount
- The lonely become either thoughtful or empty. Alone
- Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love. Broken
- If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements. Achievement
- Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed. Act
- Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder. Easy
- The time I kill is killing me. Inspirational
- Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises. Ask
- Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame. Alone
- Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it. Faith
- Cure for an obsession: get another one. Another One
- Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves. Brings