An American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms.
Dignity takes alarm at the unexpected sound of laughter. – Mason Cooley
After rejection – misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere. – Mason Cooley
Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation. – Mason Cooley
Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope. – Mason Cooley
Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think. – Mason Cooley
Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day. – Mason Cooley
If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements. – Mason Cooley
When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.
– Mason Cooley
The gods are watching, but idly, yawning. – Mason Cooley
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them. – Mason Cooley
Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book. – Mason Cooley
When you can’t figure out what to do, it’s time for a nap. – Mason Cooley
An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.
Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions. – Mason Cooley
Laughter scares off lust. – Mason Cooley
Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
Intelligence makes sincerity difficult. – Mason Cooley
Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.
Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort. – Mason Cooley
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