Mason Cooley

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

“Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.”

“The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.”

“Who would not give up wit for power and beauty?”

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

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

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

“The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.”

“Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.”

“People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.”

“Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.”

“Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it.”

“Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.”

“Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.”

“A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.”

“Even cats grow lonely and anxious.”

“Only the broken-hearted know the truth about love.”

“When I prayed for success, I forgot to ask for sound sleep and good digestion.”

“Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.”

“If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.”

“Death is frightening, and so is Eternal Life.”

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

“If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.”

“Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.”