Quote

Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.

Mason Cooley

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Broken
Truth
Love
Life
Hearted

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Work at first rescues us, then ravages us.
Mason Cooley
Image
The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.
Mason Cooley
Image
I enjoy my rights, but I revel in my privileges.
Mason Cooley
Image
If we knew enough, fortune would turn out to be nature.
Mason Cooley
Image
The present necessarily betrays the past.
Mason Cooley
Image
A quick smile is more seductive than a slinky dress.
Mason Cooley
Image
To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.
Mason Cooley
Image
Nonsense is socially OK, but not stupidity.
Mason Cooley
Image
An aphorism that does not score is just one more sentence.
Mason Cooley
Image
A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
Mason Cooley
Image
I trust you because I need you.
Mason Cooley
Image
A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.
Mason Cooley
Image
Contempt for others, like masturbation, is best as a secret pleasure.
Mason Cooley
Image
Diplomats lie with a heavy sense of destiny.
Mason Cooley
Image
I alternate between reading cook books and reading diet books.
Mason Cooley
Image
Victimization has its privileges, and I want some.
Mason Cooley
Image
People are reluctant to cite boredom as grounds for divorce.
Mason Cooley
Image
Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
Mason Cooley
Image
Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
Mason Cooley
Image
Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.
Mason Cooley