Quotes by Mason Cooley

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.

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Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person.

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The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind.

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Fears and lies intensify consciousness.

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If I play hard to get, soon the phone stops ringing altogether.

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Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.

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Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.

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Most people regard getting their way as a matter of simple justice.

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Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.

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Eternity eludes us, even as a thought.

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The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker.

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Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.

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Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.

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To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.

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Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.

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The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.

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Many gloat over their own troubles.

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Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape.

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A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.

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Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.

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The gods are watching, but idly, yawning.

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Author Bio

  • NameMason Cooley
  • DescriptionAmerican academic
  • Born1927
  • DiedJuly 25, 2002