Quote

When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.

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
Building
Civic
Science
Civics
Nature
Drove
Buildings
Refuge
Gods
Poetry
Took

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Without a little negligence, life would be intolerable.
Mason Cooley
Image
In love as in art, good technique helps.
Mason Cooley
Image
Truth usually stammers at first.
Mason Cooley
Image
Moralists love to discourse on the hollowness of success about the hollowness of failure they are silent.
Mason Cooley
Image
Dignity takes alarm at the unexpected sound of laughter.
Mason Cooley
Image
Cruel impulses stir all about my kindly heart.
Mason Cooley
Image
Satire is born of the cities it denounces.
Mason Cooley
Image
Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.
Mason Cooley
Image
I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
Mason Cooley
Image
The real reality is always just around the corner.
Mason Cooley
Image
Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.
Mason Cooley
Image
The egg is the symbol of perfection. Do you want an egg?
Mason Cooley
Image
The present necessarily betrays the past.
Mason Cooley
Image
It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.
Mason Cooley
Image
The suburbs: signs of life, but no proofs.
Mason Cooley
Image
Forget what hurt you but never forget what it thaught you.
Mason Cooley
Image
My struggles with myself seldom reach aerobic level.
Mason Cooley
Image
My secrets are petty but humiliating.
Mason Cooley
Image
When love ends, the beloved is no longer standing on a pedestal, but in a hole.
Mason Cooley
Image
Intelligence complicates. Wisdom simplifies.
Mason Cooley