Quote

The cues that arouse desire are changed by Fashion, but feel like the proddings of Nature.

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
Nature
Feel
Feels
Like
Cues
Arouse
Fashion
Changed
Desire

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.
Mason Cooley
Image
Literary criticism now is all pranks and polemics.
Mason Cooley
Image
I win on my merits my opponents win by cheating.
Mason Cooley
Image
The nonsense that charms is close to sense.
Mason Cooley
Image
The young are amazed when they suffer.
Mason Cooley
Image
The time I kill is killing me.
Mason Cooley
Image
Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.
Mason Cooley
Image
Fears and lies intensify consciousness.
Mason Cooley
Image
Attaining even mediocrity is often a struggle.
Mason Cooley
Image
A neurotic can neither enjoy his illusions nor give them up.
Mason Cooley
Image
Drunks conjure an endless drama from their bottles.
Mason Cooley
Image
Magic lives in curves, not angles.
Mason Cooley
Image
Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.
Mason Cooley
Image
Rebuttals never alter desire.
Mason Cooley
Image
Literature gives us a memory of lives we did not lead.
Mason Cooley
Image
Bravery despite defeat is praiseworthy. Victory despite cowardice is beyond praise.
Mason Cooley
Image
Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.
Mason Cooley
Image
Beauty compels us reason merely cajoles.
Mason Cooley
Image
Victory brings obliviousness defeat, attentiveness.
Mason Cooley
Image
Asceticism and celibacy can conceal many incapacities.
Mason Cooley