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

Never ask a bore a question.
Mason Cooley

Never try to leap from a standstill.
Mason Cooley

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

Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.
Mason Cooley

Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.
Mason Cooley

Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.
Mason Cooley

Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
Mason Cooley

Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.
Mason Cooley

Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.
Mason Cooley

Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.
Mason Cooley

Orgasm: the genitals sneezing.
Mason Cooley

Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.
Mason Cooley

Outside books, we avoid colorful characters.
Mason Cooley

People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
Mason Cooley

People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
Mason Cooley

Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.
Mason Cooley

Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.
Mason Cooley

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

Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
Mason Cooley