Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.
By Mason Cooley
Events are called inevitable only after they have occurred.
By Mason Cooley
Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
By Mason Cooley
Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.
By Mason Cooley
Documents create a paper reality we call proof.
By Mason Cooley
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
By Mason Cooley
Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.
By Mason Cooley
Conscious thought is the tidying up at the end.
By Mason Cooley
Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
By Mason Cooley
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
By Mason Cooley
Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
By Mason Cooley
City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.
By Mason Cooley
Children now expect their parents to audition for approval.
By Mason Cooley
Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.
By Mason Cooley
Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.
By Mason Cooley
At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.
By Mason Cooley
An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie.
By Mason Cooley
An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.
By Mason Cooley
Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
By Mason Cooley
After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.
By Mason Cooley
After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.
By Mason Cooley
Affection reproaches, but does not denounce.
By Mason Cooley
