Fortuna smiles and frowns according to a timetable surprising even to herself. — Mason Cooley Fate Copy Share Image
A moratorium on opportunities, please. I need to recover from the last one. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The grand style is available now only in old poems, museums, and parodies. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
When my expectations are exactly fulfilled, I feel that something uncanny has happened. — Mason Cooley Expectations Copy Share Image
Realism absorbs the ideal by adding a few small imperfections. Example: it paints a few specks of mud on the white gown… — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
To avoid taking responsibility, I become unresponsive but hang on until the other person leaves me. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference. — Mason Cooley Love Copy Share Image
Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Prudence does not make people happy; it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference. — Mason Cooley Admiration Copy Share Image
The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's. — Mason Cooley Motives Copy Share Image
