1,425 Quotes by Mason Cooley

Men and women would be even more unhappy if they really understood one another.

Everyone knows that (1) happiness is the goal of life, and (2) happiness is a chimera.

If everything had a label, we would live in a fully delineated but false world.

Cheerfulness is a policy; happiness is a talent.

To avoid taking responsibility, I become unresponsive but hang on until the other person leaves me.

Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.

Lead the reader toward the thought, then stop a little short.

The more learned a writer, the more digression beckons him.

You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.