1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Passion impels our deeds; ideology supplies the explanations.

Bad faith makes the most of every ambiguity.

Being enthusiastic settles nothing.

Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

Folly always knows the answer.

Innovation violates tradition--attacks it in public and steals from it in private.

You gave me a significant look, but significant of what?

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

Matter-of-fact descriptions make the improbable seem real.