The writer considers sayability before anything else. Mason Cooley More Quotes by Mason Cooley More Quotes From Mason Cooley After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success. Mason Cooley congratulationsordinarysuccess Three people marooned on a desert island would soon reinvent politics. Mason Cooley threeislandspeople The mind scolds the heart, which makes excuses and goes its own way. Mason Cooley mindheartway Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is. Mason Cooley creativityactingwriting Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness. Mason Cooley romancedancingrunning Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences. Mason Cooley takensexart No one can remember himself as an unpleasant child. Mason Cooley rememberchildren Good parties create a temporary youthfulness. Mason Cooley new-yearpartyliterature To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget. Mason Cooley dignityforgivingforget Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed. Mason Cooley bipolarcouragedepression Regret for wasted time is more wasted time Mason Cooley wasted-liferegrettime The critical spirit never knows when to stop meddling. Mason Cooley meddlingcritical-spiritknows It is hard to tell truth, and hard not to. Mason Cooley hardtruthlying The ugly can achieve an absoluteness beyond the reach of beauty. Mason Cooley uglinessuglyachieve Maxims are sharp-edged half-truths. Mason Cooley half-truthhalftruth Our civilization is shifting from science and technology to rhetoric and litigation. Mason Cooley technologylawcivilization Love begins with an image; lust with a sensation. Mason Cooley sensationslustlove To understand someone, find out how he spends his money. Mason Cooley money The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed. Mason Cooley lying There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them. Mason Cooley readingwritingthinking
