Quote

By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.

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
Clarified
Thoughtful
Longer
Thought
Time
Think
Thinking

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Lovers' quarrels are not generally about money. Divorce cases generally are.
Mason Cooley
Image
The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
Mason Cooley
Image
An ardent lover often makes a cold friend.
Mason Cooley
Image
I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.
Mason Cooley
Image
My mother wanted to shrink from my clinging, but did not.
Mason Cooley
Image
Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat.
Mason Cooley
Image
Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
Mason Cooley
Image
Guilt agonizes over trifles, ignores habitual wrongdoing.
Mason Cooley
Image
Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.
Mason Cooley
Image
Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
Mason Cooley
Image
The nudes of art are not so distant from pornography as prudish pedants pretend.
Mason Cooley
Image
Fame now wears the halo that once crowned holiness.
Mason Cooley
Image
Jealousy is inconsolable because it cannot know the beloved
Mason Cooley
Image
Mild brown eyes beckon me to the past, but memory provides no clue.
Mason Cooley
Image
I answered my father's demands for sympathy with silence.
Mason Cooley
Image
Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes.
Mason Cooley
Image
After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth.
Mason Cooley
Image
When love and adventure are finished, it's nice to have getting and spending to fall back on.
Mason Cooley
Image
Rule of art: let half-blind purpose lead you.
Mason Cooley
Image
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
Mason Cooley