Quote

If you are going to be rude, be quick about it.

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
Going
Rudeness
Rude
Quick
Gone

More quotes by Mason Cooley

Image
Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms.
Mason Cooley
Image
The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.
Mason Cooley
Image
When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
Mason Cooley
Image
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
Mason Cooley
Image
Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
Mason Cooley
Image
What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?
Mason Cooley
Image
Intelligence in isolation turns to aimless marauding.
Mason Cooley
Image
Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.
Mason Cooley
Image
People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.
Mason Cooley
Image
Home again, I can groan, scratch, and talk to myself.
Mason Cooley
Image
There is a line between a definite maybe and an indefinite yes.
Mason Cooley
Image
If a problem is insoluble, it is Necessity. Leave it alone.
Mason Cooley
Image
If I want my time wasted, I'll waste it myself.
Mason Cooley
Image
My secrets are petty but humiliating.
Mason Cooley
Image
Originality is in the eye of the beholder.
Mason Cooley
Image
Adversity can strengthen us if it does not go on too long.
Mason Cooley
Image
Lovers' quarrels are not generally about money. Divorce cases generally are.
Mason Cooley
Image
Many try to force the past to change.
Mason Cooley
Image
Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
Mason Cooley
Image
Wisdom is founded on memory happiness on forgetfulness.
Mason Cooley