I read here and there in books, enjoying the examples and ignoring the argument. — Mason Cooley Argument Copy Share Image
The grand style is available now only in old poems, museums, and parodies. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious. — Mason Cooley Ambitious Copy Share Image
A fastidious taste is best indoors, away from nature and the city. — Mason Cooley Cities Copy Share Image
The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win. — Mason Cooley Comedian Copy Share Image
Electricity, water, gas, and steam course through the walls of my building, keeping it alive. — Mason Cooley Alive Copy Share Image
After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own. — Mason Cooley Emotion Copy Share Image
Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
King Kong, Count Dracula, and the Phantom of the Opera are just looking for love, like the rest of us. — Mason Cooley Count dracula Copy Share Image
Once I find the right maxim to apply, I feel that I have done all that can be expected of me. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point. — Mason Cooley Insignificance Copy Share Image
Without asceticism, self-indulgence would be insignificant. — Mason Cooley Asceticism Copy Share Image
The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
All history and art are against us, but we still expect happiness in love. — Mason Cooley Art Copy Share Image
Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking? — Mason Cooley Love Copy Share Image
The theme of my autobiography could only be repetition. — Mason Cooley Autobiography Copy Share Image
A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable. — Mason Cooley Absurdity Copy Share Image
Moderation in all things is best, but it's pretty hard to get excited about it. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Health foods make promises that only the Second Coming could fulfill. — Mason Cooley Eating Copy Share Image
The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
