Mason Cooley

A critic who uses new quotations is making important changes.

— Mason Cooley

I know that I am very much like everybody else, but not really.

— Mason Cooley

To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.

— Mason Cooley

Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.

— Mason Cooley

I am open-minded on all questions I care nothing about.

— Mason Cooley

I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.

— Mason Cooley

With every physical pain, my moral fibre unravels a little.

— Mason Cooley

Sulking is silent because speaking would reveal its folly.

— Mason Cooley

Self-righteous victims invite extra nails.

— Mason Cooley

I change my opinions often, but not my way of thinking.

— Mason Cooley

Fears and lies intensify consciousness.

— Mason Cooley

To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.

— Mason Cooley

In adding up her assets, the ambitious lady calculated the worth of her beautiful body as coldly as everything else.

— Mason Cooley

Men and women would be even more unhappy if they really understood one another.

— Mason Cooley

Mistakes are the only universal form of originality.

— Mason Cooley

To avoid doing anything, wait for the right circumstances.

— Mason Cooley

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

— Mason Cooley

Nonsense is socially OK, but not stupidity.

— Mason Cooley

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully

— Mason Cooley

Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.

— Mason Cooley

Truth is a necessary phantom.

— Mason Cooley

Publish in haste and repent at leisure.

— Mason Cooley

Sexual attraction pairs people, but does not match them.

— Mason Cooley

People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.

— Mason Cooley

Even alone we go on justifying ourselves.

— Mason Cooley