Inspiring Quotes by Mason Cooley - Page 2

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"Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word"

"Even cats grow lonely and anxious"

"We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled"

"Old and young disbelieve one another's truths"

"Never try to leap from a standstill"

"Malice is always authentic and sincere"

"Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises"

"In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same"

"If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting"

"I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think"

"Good parties create a temporary youthfulness"

"Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit"

"Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage"

"Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying"

"Art seduces, but does not exploit"

"Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation"

"A sense of blessedness comes from a change of heart, not from more blessings"

"The time I kill is killing me"

"In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing"

"Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are"

"I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards"

"Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful"

"Cynicism is full of naive disappointments"

"Children now expect their parents to audition for approval"

"Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty"

"An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another"

"Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences"

"A blunt statement can be as false as any other"

"A blocked path also offers guidance"

"As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance"

"Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it"

"Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean"

"While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote"

"When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her"

"To be successful, be ahead of your time, but only a little"

"The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth"

"The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past"

"Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out"

"No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime"

"Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape"

"Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future"

"Romantics consider common sense vulgar"

"Fears and lies intensify consciousness"

"Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem"

"Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is"

"Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine"

"Minds will wander even during the Last Judgment"

"Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy"

"Affection reproaches, but does not denounce"

"Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference"

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