55+ Mason Cooley Quotes On Success In Life

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.

The passions are the same in every conflict, large or small.

My thought has been shaped by books; my desires by pictures.

Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.

Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.

A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.

Money: power at its most liquid.

Fulfillment is often more trouble than it is worth.

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

The time I kill is killing me.

Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?

Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.

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

Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.