Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Self-analysis always cheats.
Mason Cooley
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Cheat
Analysis
Self
Always
Cheats
More quotes by Mason Cooley
Disappointment proves that expectations were mistaken.
Mason Cooley
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
Under attack, sentiments harden into dogma.
Mason Cooley
Self-reform is the only kind that works.
Mason Cooley
I know that I am very much like everybody else, but not really.
Mason Cooley
The meaning of today will not be clear until tomorrow.
Mason Cooley
Satire is born of the cities it denounces.
Mason Cooley
Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.
Mason Cooley
After rejection - misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.
Mason Cooley
Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
Mason Cooley
Many who take up burdens come to resent being put upon.
Mason Cooley
Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.
Mason Cooley
Heroes are born to be troublemakers.
Mason Cooley
My thought has been shaped by books my desires by pictures.
Mason Cooley
No one can remember himself as an unpleasant child.
Mason Cooley
Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?
Mason Cooley
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
Mason Cooley
You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.
Mason Cooley
Street sign: Ho Hum Road & Easy Street In retirement, I look for days off from my days off.
Mason Cooley
I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
Mason Cooley
