Quote

Sometimes I dread loneliness more than bores. Other times, the reverse.

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
Sometimes
Bores
Dread
Reverse
Boredom
Loneliness
Times

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.
Mason Cooley
Image
After rejection - misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.
Mason Cooley
Image
Self-deception is nature hypocrisy is art.
Mason Cooley
Image
Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk.
Mason Cooley
Image
Mortality: not acquittal but a series of postponements is what we hope for.
Mason Cooley
Image
The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die.
Mason Cooley
Image
Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
Mason Cooley
Image
The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way.
Mason Cooley
Image
The family is on its way out couples go next then no more keeping cats or parrots.
Mason Cooley
Image
Style disdains comfort and is always ready to sacrifice virtue.
Mason Cooley
Image
Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily.
Mason Cooley
Image
Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.
Mason Cooley
Image
Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.
Mason Cooley
Image
My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.
Mason Cooley
Image
Beauty compels us reason merely cajoles.
Mason Cooley
Image
Once discover comfort, and there is no turning back.
Mason Cooley
Image
The magic of procedure: do this after that and thus before so then your wish will be granted.
Mason Cooley
Image
I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.
Mason Cooley
Image
Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
Mason Cooley
Image
In the present age, a man with harmonious ideas is regarded as out of touch.
Mason Cooley