Mason Cooley Quotes
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As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.
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Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
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Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.
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Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.
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Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.
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I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.
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Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
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If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.
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Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.
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General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.
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Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?
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Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.
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Romantics consider common sense vulgar.
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An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie.
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My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.
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City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.
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Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.
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Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
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We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.
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Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.