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.
“Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.”
City Aphorisms, Third Selection (1986)
“When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.”
City Aphorisms, Ninth Selection (1992)
Mason Cooley Quotes about people
“Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?”
City Aphorisms, Thirteenth Selection (1994)
“People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.”
City Aphorisms, Eleventh Selection (1993)
“Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.”
City Aphorisms (1984)
Mason Cooley Quotes
“I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.”
City Aphorisms, Sixth Selection (1989)
“Don’t milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.”
City Aphorisms, Eleventh Selection (1993)
“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)
“Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.”
City Aphorisms, Ninth Selection (1992)
“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)
“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)
“Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.”
City Aphorisms, Eighth Selection (1991)
“Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.”
City Aphorisms, Eighth Selection (1991)
