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Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 30

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While there's life, there's fear.

While there's life, there's fear.

Literature

Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.

Ill Will, Sloth, Literature

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

Successful, Literature, Littles

"City Aphorisms: Tenth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1992.

People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.

People, Solitude, May

I keep renaming my motives, but continue doing the same things.

Motive

Great talkers are trying to fill the gap between themselves and others, but only widen it.

Trying, Gaps, Conversation

To be fulfilled, a prophecy needs lots of flexibility.

Needs, Prophecy, Fulfilled

Sexual attraction pairs people, but does not match them.

People, Doe, Pairs

Carnal knowledge is as forgettable as the other kinds.

Kind, Forgettable, Carnal Knowledge

Wisdom is dead. Long live information.

Long, Information

"City Aphorisms". Book by Mason Cooley, 1984.

Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.

Safe, Rooms, Timidity

"City Aphorisms: Eighth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1991.

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

Writing, Temptation, Aphorism

"City Aphorisms: Eighth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1991.

People may show jealousy, but hide their envy.

People, Envy, May

"City Aphorisms: Eleventh Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1993.

Experience is a great spoiler of pleasures.

Pleasure, Spoilers

"City Aphorisms, Fourth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, New York, 1987.

Nonsense is socially OK, but not stupidity.

Stupidity, Nonsense, Not Stupid

"City Aphorisms, Fourteenth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1994.

Dogs often remind us of the human, ail-too human. Cats, never.

Dog, Cat, Humans

An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

Children, Self, Adults

With every physical pain, my moral fibre unravels a little.

Pain, Littles, Moral

In the theater of confusion, knowing the location of the exits is what counts.

Knowing, Confusion, Location

Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat.

Cat, Stories, May

Most people find just being themselves not enough of a show.

People, Just Being, Enough

Understanding replaces imaginary fears with real ones.

Real, Understanding, Imaginary

Only death goes deeper than sex.

Sex, Deeper

Music dissolves the straight and narrow.

Listen to what people say about themselves; they will tell you everything you need to know.

People, Needs, Knows

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