Quote

Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms.

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
Language
Stills
Rearranges
Still
Reversing
Proposition
Propositions
Keeps
Terms
Term

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Work at first rescues us, then ravages us.
Mason Cooley
Image
Every doctrine has a theory of the beginning.
Mason Cooley
Image
Every perversion has survived many tests of its capabilities.
Mason Cooley
Image
The grand style is available now only in old poems, museums, and parodies.
Mason Cooley
Image
Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.
Mason Cooley
Image
I would enjoy experiencing the hollowness of success at first- hand.
Mason Cooley
Image
I am interested in a hundred things, but only slightly.
Mason Cooley
Image
Sign at the orgy: BODIES ONLY.
Mason Cooley
Image
Pessimists fear becoming the dupes of Hope. Optimists enjoy Hope's company, and consider being duped no great matter.
Mason Cooley
Image
I answered my father's demands for sympathy with silence.
Mason Cooley
Image
Something is sticking out its tongue at me from the corner of my mirror.
Mason Cooley
Image
Antagonistic cooperation is the principle of all markets and many marriages.
Mason Cooley
Image
I regret. I apologize. I blame myself. I continue as before.
Mason Cooley
Image
Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
Mason Cooley
Image
Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.
Mason Cooley
Image
In the museums, everything is in quotation marks.
Mason Cooley
Image
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.
Mason Cooley
Image
The right time to die is never exactly now.
Mason Cooley
Image
Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.
Mason Cooley
Image
Later is always my first choice.
Mason Cooley