Mason Cooley Quotes

Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.
Mason Cooley

Faith, Blind, Ultimately

Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.
Mason Cooley

Actual, Explains, Unlike

We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.
Mason Cooley

Faults, Virtues, Tied

Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.
Mason Cooley

Mother, Might, Listening

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

Woman, Her, She

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.
Mason Cooley

Sick, Desire, Excess

While there's life, there's fear.
Mason Cooley

Life, Fear, While

Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?
Mason Cooley

Beauty, Power, Give

Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
Mason Cooley

Why, Expect, Dull

Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.
Mason Cooley

Turn, Vegetables

Writers mean more than they say and say more than they mean.
Mason Cooley

Young men preen. Old men scheme.
Mason Cooley

Men, Young, Old

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

Love, Time, Young

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: 1927

Died: 2002

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