Quote

The extravagance of intellect outstrips the extravagance of desire.

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
Outstrips
Extravagance
Excess
Intellect
Desire

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Awakening in the morning returns us to life, and to awareness of death.
Mason Cooley
Image
Boredom strives to detach, but finds itself stuck.
Mason Cooley
Image
People who behave at forty as they did at twenty must sometimes wonder why their charm is not working.
Mason Cooley
Image
Scholars dream of finding small facts pregnant with great progeny.
Mason Cooley
Image
I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed.
Mason Cooley
Image
When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.
Mason Cooley
Image
The ninety percent of human experience that does not fit into established narrative patterns falls into oblivion.
Mason Cooley
Image
I create my social existence by earning and spending.
Mason Cooley
Image
Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.
Mason Cooley
Image
I feel that I have something significant to say, but I cannot think what it is.
Mason Cooley
Image
Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.
Mason Cooley
Image
Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
Mason Cooley
Image
Money gives me more energy than all the Granola bars in the world.
Mason Cooley
Image
The closeups of pornography make human genitals look like undiscovered prehistoric animals.
Mason Cooley
Image
Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.
Mason Cooley
Image
The lazy manage to keep up with the earth's rotation just as well as the industrious.
Mason Cooley
Image
Our troubles keep us going.
Mason Cooley
Image
Between repetition and forgetting, it is a marvel that a new thought ever struggles into existence.
Mason Cooley
Image
A moratorium on opportunities, please. I need to recover from the last one.
Mason Cooley
Image
The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life.
Mason Cooley