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Quotations By Mason Cooley


Advice
Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.

Advice
Good advice is never as helpful as an interest-free loan.

Avarice
My regimen is lust and avarice for exercise, gluttony and sloth for relaxation.

Bore
Never ask a bore a question.

Bore
Faith of the bore: everything is worth saying.

Change
I change my opinions often, but not my way of thinking.

Change
Change is upsetting. Repetition is tedious. Three cheers for variation!

Change
Change often makes accepted customs into crimes.

Change
Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

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

Decision
Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.

Decision
Most of my decisions in life seem absent-minded but inevitable.

Existence
Existence is not a mystery unless you think it has a meaning.

Risk
Life is the risk we cannot refuse.

Risk
Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all.

Risk
Wit puts politicians at risk.

Risk
In love, self-love is always at risk.

Risk
Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk.

Understanding
Understanding replaces imaginary fears with real ones.

Understanding
When understanding would be too difficult, I become trusting.

Understanding
Every path to a new understanding begins in confusion.