Quote

Imagination awakens ambition, then causes it to lose its way.

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
Awakens
Ambition
Lose
Loses
Imagination
Causes
Way

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
My mother wanted to shrink from my clinging, but did not.
Mason Cooley
Image
Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
Mason Cooley
Image
My struggles with myself seldom reach aerobic level.
Mason Cooley
Image
Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.
Mason Cooley
Image
The extravagance of intellect outstrips the extravagance of desire.
Mason Cooley
Image
Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.
Mason Cooley
Image
Creativity is not a substitute for competence.
Mason Cooley
Image
The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.
Mason Cooley
Image
In philosophy, the principles are more interesting than the examples. In literature, the examples are more interesting than the principles.
Mason Cooley
Image
The realism of failure, the romance of success.
Mason Cooley
Image
Publish in haste and repent at leisure.
Mason Cooley
Image
The only peace is being out of earshot.
Mason Cooley
Image
Listen to what people say about themselves they will tell you everything you need to know.
Mason Cooley
Image
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
Mason Cooley
Image
Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.
Mason Cooley
Image
Scholars dream of finding small facts pregnant with great progeny.
Mason Cooley
Image
Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.
Mason Cooley
Image
Victory brings obliviousness defeat, attentiveness.
Mason Cooley
Image
The children of childish parents age quickly.
Mason Cooley
Image
Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.
Mason Cooley