Quote

We often mistake the original part of ourselves for a weakness.

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
Originality
Originals
Original
Weakness
Mistake
Often
Part

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Eagerness to please attracts bullies and bores.
Mason Cooley
Image
Under attack, sentiments harden into dogma.
Mason Cooley
Image
A sheep who goes looking for a wolf is sure to find one.
Mason Cooley
Image
Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself.
Mason Cooley
Image
I dream of vague shapes that hint of my heart's desire.
Mason Cooley
Image
The supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation.
Mason Cooley
Image
Paradox implies that stating a contradiction disposes of it.
Mason Cooley
Image
In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.
Mason Cooley
Image
To avoid eye contact, kiss.
Mason Cooley
Image
Many think that assigning blame settles matters.
Mason Cooley
Image
To avoid tripping on the chain of the past, you have to pick it up and wind it about you.
Mason Cooley
Image
At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.
Mason Cooley
Image
Rebuttals never alter desire.
Mason Cooley
Image
I have learned to keep to myself how exceptional I am.
Mason Cooley
Image
If you belong to the underclass, you are already guilty.
Mason Cooley
Image
One eventually has enough even of oneself.
Mason Cooley
Image
Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.
Mason Cooley
Image
Only the most lucid can see their love as comedy.
Mason Cooley
Image
We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
Mason Cooley
Image
In the labyrinth of a difficult text, we find unmarked forks in the path, detours, blind alleys, loops that deliver us back to our point of entry, and finally the monster who whispers an unintelligible truth in our ears.
Mason Cooley