Quote

Without the blessing of cowardice, the world would long since have been torn to bits.

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
World
Cowardice
Torn
Blessing
Bits
Since
Without
Long
Would

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
Mason Cooley
Image
Self-pity makes people callous.
Mason Cooley
Image
My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.
Mason Cooley
Image
The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.
Mason Cooley
Image
The nonsense that charms is close to sense.
Mason Cooley
Image
In new situations, I look carefully at appearances. In familiar ones, I glance.
Mason Cooley
Image
Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.
Mason Cooley
Image
The imaginary audience for my life is growing small and silent.
Mason Cooley
Image
Our public monuments are memorials to the Enlightenment.
Mason Cooley
Image
Every good time that goes on too long turns into a hell.
Mason Cooley
Image
Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.
Mason Cooley
Image
What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.
Mason Cooley
Image
The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
Mason Cooley
Image
The noble style immobilizes its subjects.
Mason Cooley
Image
I have a special grudge against those who have the same faults as I do.
Mason Cooley
Image
Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.
Mason Cooley
Image
The grandeur of a philosophy does not certify its truth.
Mason Cooley
Image
As I review my life, I feel I must have missed the point, either then or now.
Mason Cooley
Image
When poets go off the boil, they sound like bumble bees when critics do, they sound like sewing machines.
Mason Cooley
Image
City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.
Mason Cooley