Mason Cooley Quotes

Hatred observes with more care than love does.
Mason Cooley

Love, Care, Hatred

Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.
Mason Cooley

Mother, Hatred, Surprise

Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
Mason Cooley

Money, Kindness, Everything

Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.
Mason Cooley

Thinking, Rules, Logic

Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.
Mason Cooley

Art, Fun, Either

Money: power at its most liquid.
Mason Cooley

Money, Power, Liquid

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.
Mason Cooley

Thought, Books, Pictures

Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
Mason Cooley

Money, Sincerity, Spend

The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.
Mason Cooley

Real, Youth, Face

Think carefully before asking for justice. Mercy might be safer.
Mason Cooley

Justice, Before, Might

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.
Mason Cooley

Nature, Society, Human

I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
Mason Cooley

In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.
Mason Cooley

Love, Words, Worry

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.
Mason Cooley

Someone, After, Dangerous

The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.
Mason Cooley

Moral, Higher, Suspect

To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.
Mason Cooley

Understand, Style, Consider

Few friendships could survive the moodiness of love affairs.
Mason Cooley

Love, Few, Survive

I know that I am what I am. But I am not sure what I am.
Mason Cooley

While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote.
Mason Cooley

While, Reading, Quixote

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

Time, Food, Amazing

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

Hard, Understand, Another

Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.
Mason Cooley

Pet, Hate, Cats

Cruelty is softened by fear, not pity.
Mason Cooley

Fear, Cruelty, Pity

Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.
Mason Cooley

Thought, Eternity, Eludes

Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.
Mason Cooley

Says, Ordinary, Images

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: 1927

Died: 2002

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