Quote

Lovers never want to say I love you at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.

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
Hence
Lovers
Moment
Moments
Stories
Never
Love

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
I feel disappointed, but I don't remember just what I expected.
Mason Cooley
Image
Wisdom is founded on memory happiness on forgetfulness.
Mason Cooley
Image
The limits of prudence: one cannot jump out of a burning building gradually.
Mason Cooley
Image
Comedy defends the commonplace tragedy explodes it.
Mason Cooley
Image
To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.
Mason Cooley
Image
It is hard to speak of sex without being clinical, brutal, or romantic.
Mason Cooley
Image
Was there a little time between the invention of language and the coming of true and false?
Mason Cooley
Image
My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.
Mason Cooley
Image
Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.
Mason Cooley
Image
I really like life, don't you? There's nothing else quite like it.
Mason Cooley
Image
A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
Mason Cooley
Image
Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.
Mason Cooley
Image
Man invented the gods. Then the gods went off on their own, but not far.
Mason Cooley
Image
Passion impels our deeds ideology supplies the explanations.
Mason Cooley
Image
Pornography supplies the only really safe sex.
Mason Cooley
Image
A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel.
Mason Cooley
Image
Between repetition and forgetting, it is a marvel that a new thought ever struggles into existence.
Mason Cooley
Image
Sorrow also fulfills Desire. Example: the Soaps.
Mason Cooley
Image
If the current is right, one can drift to success.
Mason Cooley
Image
Wit puts politicians at risk.
Mason Cooley