Mason Cooley

Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.

— Mason Cooley

Money: power at its most liquid.

— Mason Cooley

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

— Mason Cooley

Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.

— Mason Cooley

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.

— Mason Cooley

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

— Mason Cooley

Cure for an obsession: get another one.

— Mason Cooley

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

— Mason Cooley

Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.

— Mason Cooley

Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.

— Mason Cooley

Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.

— Mason Cooley

As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.

— Mason Cooley

Cure for an obsession: get another one.

— Mason Cooley

Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.

— Mason Cooley

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

— Mason Cooley

Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.

— Mason Cooley

Money is to my social existence what health is to my body.

— Mason Cooley

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

— Mason Cooley

Lonely people keep up a ceaseless flow of commentary on themselves.

— Mason Cooley

Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.

— Mason Cooley

In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.

— Mason Cooley

Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.

— Mason Cooley

Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.

— Mason Cooley

I am easy-going right up to the borders of my self-interest.

— Mason Cooley

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

— Mason Cooley

Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.

— Mason Cooley

Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.

— Mason Cooley

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.

— Mason Cooley

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

— Mason Cooley

When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.

— Mason Cooley

To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.

— Mason Cooley

People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.

— Mason Cooley

Don’t milk the cow too hard. She will kick you.

— Mason Cooley

Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.

— Mason Cooley

Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?

— Mason Cooley

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

— Mason Cooley

Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.

— Mason Cooley

Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.

— Mason Cooley

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

— Mason Cooley

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

— Mason Cooley

To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget.

— Mason Cooley

Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.

— Mason Cooley

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

— Mason Cooley

The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.

— Mason Cooley