Mason Cooley Quotes

Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.
Mason Cooley

Nothing, Families, Discuss

Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.
Mason Cooley

Often, Worth, Trouble

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.
Mason Cooley

Hypocrisy, Outside, Cynicism

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
Mason Cooley

Sit, Ideology, Shaped

If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.
Mason Cooley

Art, Law, Break

In every death, a busy world comes to an end.
Mason Cooley

Death, End, Busy

It is possible to interpret without observing, but not to observe without interpreting.
Mason Cooley

Possible, Observe, Observing

Melancholy is as seductive as Ecstasy.
Mason Cooley

Melancholy, Seductive, Ecstasy

Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.
Mason Cooley

Finance, Health, Money

Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.
Mason Cooley

Forgotten, Ruined

My parents wanted me to solace them for sorrows they denied having had.
Mason Cooley

Parents, Wanted, Denied

Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
Mason Cooley

Nice, Become, Tradition

Rereading, we find a new book.
Mason Cooley

Book, Find, Rereading

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.
Mason Cooley

Yourself, Others, Talk

The man in the street is always a stranger.
Mason Cooley

Stranger, Street

To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.
Mason Cooley

Time, Successful, Ahead

When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
Mason Cooley

Success, Good, Sleep

Women encourage men to be childish, then scold them.
Mason Cooley

Women, Men, Encourage

A blunt statement can be as false as any other.
Mason Cooley

False, Statement, Blunt

A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.
Mason Cooley

Real, Idea, Places

Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
Mason Cooley

Affection, Denounce, Reproaches

An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie.
Mason Cooley

God, Lie, Reason

Art seduces, but does not exploit.
Mason Cooley

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.
Mason Cooley

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.
Mason Cooley

Life, Country, City

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: 1927

Died: 2002

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