1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

In describing someone's character, I reveal my own.

The sheen of ocean gleams on the blue fish-plate.

Aphorisms have never seduced anybody, but they have fooled some into considering themselves worldly-wise.

Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment.

Seek and Hide: the Lover gazes at the Beloved. The Beloved looks away. The Beloved turns and looks at the Lover. The Lover runs away.

Self-inflicted misery smirks under its crown of thorns.

Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.