Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow. Mason Cooley More Quotes by Mason Cooley More Quotes From Mason Cooley Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere. Mason Cooley virtuevicessometimes After ages of bombast, the rhetoric of virtue has become ironic and shy. Mason Cooley ironicshyage Good manners can render even virtue tolerable. Mason Cooley good-manvirtuemanners Once discover comfort, and there is no turning back. Mason Cooley no-turning-backcomfort Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily. Mason Cooley turnsromancefamily The family is on its way out; couples go next; then no more keeping cats or parrots. Mason Cooley familycatcouple Blackmail is one of the great pastimes of family life. Mason Cooley pastimefamily-lifefamily A moment of eloquence enthralls us. An hour's worth leaves us stupefied. Mason Cooley eloquencehoursmoments When disaster waves, I try not to wave back. Mason Cooley disasterwavetrying Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real. Mason Cooley painrealjoy Thank God for the passing of the discomforts and vile cuisine of the age of chivalry! Mason Cooley cuisinethank-godage Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony. Mason Cooley ironystrongenough By multiplying ironies, I evade commitments. Mason Cooley ironyresponsibilitycommitment The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight. Mason Cooley ironydelightinspiration I feel affluent or not according to what part of town I am in. Mason Cooley affluentwealthtowns Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey. Mason Cooley wealthpovertylaw Tolerance is a placid contempt. Mason Cooley placidcontempttolerance What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices? Mason Cooley stoicismbehaviorifs Spirituality now wanders from sex to drugs to art to revolution to violence--whatever seems to promise deliverance from the quotidian. Mason Cooley drugsexart A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet. Mason Cooley would-belaughingfunny
