Quote

In describing someone's character, I reveal my own.

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
Reveal
Someone
Character
Describing

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.
Mason Cooley
Image
The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist.
Mason Cooley
Image
Prudence does not make people happy it merely deprives them of the excitement of being constantly in trouble.
Mason Cooley
Image
Money is a better tonic than Geritol.
Mason Cooley
Image
Most people see no reason to stop arguing just because an issue has been decided.
Mason Cooley
Image
Self-inflicted misery smirks under its crown of thorns.
Mason Cooley
Image
Everyone makes sexy sounds relatively few, sexy sights.
Mason Cooley
Image
The madness of love can always be suspended--to cook dinner or catch a plane, for instance.
Mason Cooley
Image
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.
Mason Cooley
Image
I resist change even as I call for it.
Mason Cooley
Image
No use saying necessity is making a mistake.
Mason Cooley
Image
I answered my father's demands for sympathy with silence.
Mason Cooley
Image
Beauty compels us reason merely cajoles.
Mason Cooley
Image
Ideologies can survive hostility, but not indifference.
Mason Cooley
Image
If you are going to be rude, be quick about it.
Mason Cooley
Image
I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors.
Mason Cooley
Image
You gave me a significant look, but significant of what?
Mason Cooley
Image
Aimless drifting also fulfills an intention.
Mason Cooley
Image
To Jane Austen, every fool is a treasure trove.
Mason Cooley
Image
Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.
Mason Cooley