Inspiring Quotes by Mason Cooley - Page 2

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"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"

"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"

"A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie"

"After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success"

"Affection reproaches, but does not denounce"

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

"The wisdom of age: don't stop walking"

"Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts"

"Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted"

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

"Minds will wander even during the Last Judgment"

"Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy"

"Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation"

"The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker"

"Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm"

"Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs"

"Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over"

"Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them"

"Many gloat over their own troubles"

"Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology"

"Kafka: cries of helplessness in twenty powerful volumes"

"If I play hard to get, soon the phone stops ringing altogether"

"Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it"

"Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred"

"Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life"

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