Mason Cooley Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Mason Cooley quotes, Mason Cooley sayings, and Mason Cooley proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort. Mason Cooley
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. Mason Cooley
Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief. Mason Cooley
Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you. Mason Cooley
The limitations of pleasure cannot be overcome by more pleasure. Mason Cooley
A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel. Mason Cooley
Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit. Mason Cooley
Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger. Mason Cooley
Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating. Mason Cooley
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth. Mason Cooley
Nudity is the costume of lovers and corpses. Mason Cooley
In the city, nudity means something; in the wild, it just exists. Mason Cooley
To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks. Mason Cooley
An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another. Mason Cooley
Promiscuity turns sex into a sport, like arm-wrestling. Mason Cooley
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. Mason Cooley
Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining. Mason Cooley
The idealist regards facts as provisional. Mason Cooley
An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult. Mason Cooley
Documents create a paper reality we call proof. Mason Cooley
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means. Mason Cooley
To remain mysterious, say little and do nothing. Mason Cooley
A sympathetic look always makes me feel sorry for myself. Mason Cooley
If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas. Mason Cooley
The irrational may be attractive in the abstract, but not in cab drives, dinner guests, or elderly relatives. Mason Cooley
Indifference creates an artificial peace. Mason Cooley
Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience. Mason Cooley
Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here? Mason Cooley
Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables. Mason Cooley
Sometimes "Yes" is rhetoric enough. Mason Cooley