Mason Cooley

The children of childish parents age quickly.

— Mason Cooley

With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.

— Mason Cooley

I can imagine many things, but few clearly.

— Mason Cooley

Cure for an obsession: get another one.

— Mason Cooley

Promiscuity: optimism, free enterprise, mobility--the American Dream.

— Mason Cooley

Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.

— Mason Cooley

Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.

— Mason Cooley

Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.

— Mason Cooley

I deplore my shortcomings, but plan to keep them.

— Mason Cooley

The novel avoids the sublime and seeks out the interesting.

— Mason Cooley

The parade was here, but it disappeared around a corner.

— Mason Cooley

The party out of office becomes the articulate one.

— Mason Cooley

The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.

— Mason Cooley

I keep renaming my motives, but continue doing the same things.

— Mason Cooley

Many have never felt strong, but everyone knows what it is to feel weak.

— Mason Cooley

Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred.

— Mason Cooley

Lies save trouble now, but may return in thunder and lightning.

— Mason Cooley

Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.

— Mason Cooley

Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies.

— Mason Cooley

City wits, country humorists.

— Mason Cooley

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

— Mason Cooley

Energy falls just short of being joy.

— Mason Cooley

Errors are more numerous than truths, but fortunately too divided among themselves to take power.

— Mason Cooley

Human nature is a scoundrel'sfavorite explanation.

— Mason Cooley

The interest in Wisdom is fading. Soon there will not be enough left to support the aphorism, even though it tries to…

— Mason Cooley