Famous Mason Cooley Quotes
“Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are.”
Variant: Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
Mason Cooley Quotes about people
Mason Cooley Quotes
“Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.”
City Aphorisms, Twelfth Selection (1993)
“Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.”
City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection (1987)
“I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.”
City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
“The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.”
City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
“In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.”
City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection (1987)
“Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.”
City Aphorisms (1984)
“To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.”
City Aphorisms, Tenth Selection (1992)
“Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.”
City Aphorisms, Eighth Selection (1991)
“Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.”
City Aphorisms, Third Selection (1986)
“Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.”
City Aphorisms, Eighth Selection (1991)
“Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.”
City Aphorisms, Ninth Selection (1992)
