The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy. Mason Cooley More Quotes by Mason Cooley More Quotes From Mason Cooley Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time. Mason Cooley mediocrity ambition time Mortality: not acquittal but a series of postponements is what we hope for. Mason Cooley acquittal mortality series The New York action painters want their pictures to jump off the walls and chase you down the street. Mason Cooley wall new-york want The Enlightenment needs more shadow; the Romantic Movement less. Mason Cooley enlightenment shadow romantic Wit saves us from being swallowed whole by life. Mason Cooley wit whole True wit has a grave intention. Mason Cooley wit graves intention In comedy, the witty style wins out over every mishap of the plot. Mason Cooley style winning witty Wit: a whim followed by a wham. Mason Cooley whim wit City wits, country humorists. Mason Cooley cities funny country If folly disappeared, wit would starve. Mason Cooley wit folly ifs Sometimes "Yes" is rhetoric enough. Mason Cooley yeah enough sometimes Like love, destruction can be ecstatic. Mason Cooley ecstatic like-love destruction God makes the covenant, and observes it as He pleases. Mason Cooley covenant please god I resist change even as I call for it. Mason Cooley change People invent gods to explain their suffering. Mason Cooley suffering god people The young are amazed when they suffer. Mason Cooley youth suffering young Suffering teaches us only that we suffer. Joy shows us which way to go. Mason Cooley suffering joy way Mild brown eyes beckon me to the past, but memory provides no clue. Mason Cooley eye memories past Memories contain hidden editorials on current events. Mason Cooley currents events memories Too timid to talk back, I shot my adversary. Mason Cooley adversaries shots fear