1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

The extravagance of intellect outstrips the extravagance of desire.

Scepticism is always a back road leading to some credo or other.

One eventually has enough even of oneself.

Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?

If "there is no harm in asking," why guilt and fear when we do so?

Withhold admiration from a narcissist and be disliked. Give it and be treated with indifference.

Lovers do all the talking and writing. What are the Beloveds thinking?

Keep your lies short and simple.

Early every morning an old woman goes to the market to curse a grocery clerk, who curses back.