Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 2

An American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms.

Dignity takes alarm at the unexpected sound of laughter.
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After rejection – misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.
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Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
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Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope.
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Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think.
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Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.
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If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.
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When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.

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The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.
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There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.
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Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.
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When you can’t figure out what to do, it’s time for a nap.
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An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.

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Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.
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Laughter scares off lust.
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Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

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Intelligence makes sincerity difficult.
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Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.

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Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.
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