1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Self-pity dries up our sympathy for others.

Cynicism is full of naive disappointments.

Literature may be false, but it is not trivial.

The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.

An old man drinks tea and reads the newspaper--forgetting age for a moment.

Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.

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

Clothes make the body both mysterious and historical.

Pornography and cooking shows have created two new spectator sports.