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Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 55

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Somehow the body keeps life going despite the ravaging negations of the mind.

Somehow the body keeps life going despite the ravaging negations of the mind.

Life, Mind, Body

Even in writing an annual report, the unconscious plays a role.

Writing, Play, Roles

Simplicity is a strict taskmaster.

Simplicity, Strict

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

Cows, Milk, Kicks

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

Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief.

Long, Doubt, Certainty

Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.

Fall, May, Cushions

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

My obsessions used to be my protectors, but now they have taken me prisoner.

Taken, Obsession, Used

Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.

Sports, Murder Mysteries, Curiosity

Retirement is a one-way trip to insignificance.

Retirement, Way, Retiring

Failure makes us envious. Success makes us greedy.

Success, Greedy, Envious

Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.

Happiness, Pleasure

Cheerfulness is a policy; happiness is a talent.

Happiness, Talent, Policy

Happiness is often hard-hearted.

Happiness, Hearted, Hard

Faith prefers the absurd to the plausible.

Faith, Absurd, Plausible

When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.

Death, Fall, Tragedy

Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.

Tragedy, Comedy, Commonplace

Was there a little time between the invention of language and the coming of true and false?

Littles, True And False, Language

The nature of language may determine what most people say, but I always speak my own meaning.

People, May, Language

Language cannot say everything, fortunately.

Language

Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms.

Language, Term, Stills

History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.

History, Doe

I am plain-speaking out of both sides of my mouth.

Truth, Sides, Mouths

Profundity often goes past the issue to some deep but useless truth.

Truth, Past, Issues

Universal truths have become an embarrassment, but they won't quite go away.

Truth, Going Away, Embarrassment

The truths I shun follow me, mumbling.

Truth, Follow Me

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