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Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley (1927–2002) was an American aphorist known for his witty, compact observations about modern urban life, relationships, and human nature. A professor of English and French at the College of Staten Island, Cooley published several collections of aphorisms that are admired for their precision and sardonic humor.

“I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.”

— Mason Cooley

Time

All Quotes by Mason Cooley

“Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.”

— Mason Cooley

Happiness

“Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.”

— Mason Cooley

Alone

“After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.”

— Mason Cooley

Success

“Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.”

— Mason Cooley

Money

“While there's life, there's fear.”

— Mason Cooley

Fear

“Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.”

— Mason Cooley

Art

“Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.”

— Mason Cooley

Faith

“As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.”

— Mason Cooley

Equality

“To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.”

— Mason Cooley

Money

“Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.”

— Mason Cooley

Change

“Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.”

— Mason Cooley

Money

“The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.”

— Mason Cooley

Age

“The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.”

— Mason Cooley

Alone

“In every death, a busy world comes to an end.”

— Mason Cooley

Death

“Good parties create a temporary youthfulness.”

— Mason Cooley

Newyears

“Office politics are bloody-minded, but weak on content.”

— Mason Cooley

Politics

“Lying just for the fun of it is either art or pathology.”

— Mason Cooley

Art

“Art seduces, but does not exploit.”

— Mason Cooley

Art

“Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.”

— Mason Cooley

Faith

“Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.”

— Mason Cooley

Truth