Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 3

• Artistic inspiration ignores the law of supply and demand.

  Mason Cooley

  Inspirational, Law, Demand

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• A blocked path also offers guidance.

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  Path, Guidance, Blocked

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• A goldfish is reason enough for living, if someone needs a reason.

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  Life, Needs, Goldfish

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• I have forgiven you. Nevertheless, begone!

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  Forgiveness, Forgiven, Nevertheless

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• Nothing is more cheerful than talking about our friends' shortcomings.

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  Funny Relationship, Talking, Cheerful

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

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  Mind, Information, Literature

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• Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.

  Mason Cooley

  Literature, Innocence, Charming

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• Your love for me is founded in a sentiment. My love for you is founded in the body. A precarious interchange.

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  Feelings, My Love For You, Body

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• I keep eating for fear I will be hungry.

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  Eating, Hungry

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• Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands.

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  Demand, Lists, Exception

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• Never trust the judgment of an enthusiastic man; never trust the promises of a lazy one.

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  Trust, Men, Lazy

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• Oblivion waits without beckoning or threatening.

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  Waiting, Oblivion, Threatening

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• Forget what hurt you but never forget what it thaught you.

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  Letting Go, Hurt, Moving Forward

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• The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

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  Laughter, Literature, Sometimes

  "City Aphorisms: Sixth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1989.

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• Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day.

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  Blessing, Meals, Three

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• Many attempt to harvest what was never planted.

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  Harvest

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• Self-sacrifice usually contains an unspoken demand for payment.

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  Sacrifice, Self, Demand

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• Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.

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  Overcoming, Doe, Flattery

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• Envy grieves. Jealousy rages.

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  Jealousy, Grieving, Envy

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• What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance.

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  Lying, Appearance, Behinds

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• The Insignificance of Man is a congenial theme; my own insignificance is a sore point.

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  Life, Men, Theme

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• Magic lives in curves, not angles.

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  Curves, Magic, Illusion

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• Fear of trying causes paralysis. Trying causes only trembling and sweating.

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  Trying, Causes, Trembling

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• I really like life, don't you? There's nothing else quite like it.

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  Life

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• A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time.

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  Time, Anxiety, Free Spirit

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