Mason Cooley quotes

Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking. (Mason Cooley)
Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
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Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?
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Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.
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The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
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Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
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To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.
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Most of us live in a world that has ceased to exist.
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The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.
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Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.
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Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. (Mason Cooley)
A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.
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The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
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Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.
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After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.
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In love, we worry more about the meaning of silences than the meaning of words.
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Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening.
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Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.
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Revenge is sweet but not nourishing.
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Good manners can render even virtue tolerable.
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Failure makes us envious. Success makes us greedy. (Mason Cooley)
The routines of tourism are even more monotonous than those of daily life.
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Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.
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Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.
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Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.
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