Quote

Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.

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
Formulates
Dismiss
Cynicism
Clearly
Issues

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
When love ends, we cry out against destiny. When friendship ends, we cry out against our friend.
Mason Cooley
Image
Reading civilized the inner life.
Mason Cooley
Image
General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.
Mason Cooley
Image
Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.
Mason Cooley
Image
Self-inflicted misery smirks under its crown of thorns.
Mason Cooley
Image
As I review my life, I feel I must have missed the point, either then or now.
Mason Cooley
Image
Now defined as art, the totem has lost cult, taboo, and custom.
Mason Cooley
Image
The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.
Mason Cooley
Image
Free competition exists inside shelters of law, custom, insurance, political approval, and carefully protected status.
Mason Cooley
Image
Many try to force the past to change.
Mason Cooley
Image
A successful restaurant makes everything in it, including the patrons, seem a little better than they are.
Mason Cooley
Image
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
Mason Cooley
Image
What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?
Mason Cooley
Image
Sulking is silent because speaking would reveal its folly.
Mason Cooley
Image
The madness of love can always be suspended--to cook dinner or catch a plane, for instance.
Mason Cooley
Image
We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
Mason Cooley
Image
Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.
Mason Cooley
Image
I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.
Mason Cooley
Image
Some live in a state of passionate indecision.
Mason Cooley
Image
When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.
Mason Cooley