The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point. — Mason Cooley Insignificance Copy Share Image
Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos. — Mason Cooley Ethos Copy Share Image
The supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation. — Mason Cooley Cheerful Copy Share Image
Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings. — Mason Cooley Appearing Copy Share Image
We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness. — Mason Cooley Failure Copy Share Image
Theory can leave questions unanswered, but practice has to come up with something. — Mason Cooley Come up Copy Share Image
In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners. — Mason Cooley Love Copy Share Image
Electricity, water, gas, and steam course through the walls of my building, keeping it alive. — Mason Cooley Alive Copy Share Image
I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed. — Mason Cooley Ashamed Copy Share Image
English has borrowed from everywhere and now goes everywhere. — Mason Cooley Borrowed Copy Share Image
Secrets die when kept or revealed. They live by being faintly and uncertainly repeated. — Mason Cooley Dies Copy Share Image
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it. — Mason Cooley Art Copy Share Image
Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can further one another. — Mason Cooley Flirtation Copy Share Image
When poets go off the boil, they sound like bumble bees; when critics do, they sound like sewing machines. — Mason Cooley Bees Copy Share Image
Reclusive? The inner city will secure your privacy better than any desert cave. — Mason Cooley Caves Copy Share Image
