Quotes from Mason Cooley

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

The Ordinary Life: the misery seems planned, the happiness accidental.

A sense of righteousness is even more dangerous than a violent temper.

The self-righteous rule out the possibility that they are what has gone wrong.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves

I keep eating for fear I will be hungry.

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

The nonsense that charms is close to sense.

Inconsistency has been overpraised by people who do not expect to suffer from it.

A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.

Self-righteousness is the most shameless slut of all.

Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.

Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.

Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

Magic lives in curves, not angles.

Arrogance frowns; pride smiles.

Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here?

At the end of every diet, the path curves back to the trough.

Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

Radical historians now the tell the story of Thanksgiving from the point of view of the turkey.

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.