Mason Cooley Quotes - Page 18

• A moment of eloquence enthralls us. An hour's worth leaves us stupefied.

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  Moments, Hours, Eloquence

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• Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony.

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  Strong, Irony, Enough

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• The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.

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  Inspiration, Delight, Irony

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• Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.

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  Law, Poverty, Wealth

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• Tolerance is a placid contempt.

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  Tolerance, Contempt, Placid

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• What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?

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  Stoicism, Behavior, Ifs

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• Methodology is applied ideology.

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  Methodology, Ideology

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• Reason cannot break out of its own loop.

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  Broken, Break Out, Reason

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• Reason is sight. Instinct is touch. Intuition is smell.

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  Sight, Smell, Intuition

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• Sacred texts always offend reason.

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  Sacred, Reason, Sacred Texts

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• Reason argues the case, but fact may determine the judgment.

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  May, Facts, Arguing

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• Metaphors convince at once or not at all.

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  Metaphor, Convince

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• In conversation, everyone sits in confident judgment on the world.

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  World, Judgment, Conversation

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• Facts do not give advice.

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  Giving, Advice, Facts

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• The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.

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  Romantic, Love Is, Romance

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• The price of telling your troubles is having to listen to advice.

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  Advice, Trouble

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• Reclusive? The inner city will secure your privacy better than any desert cave.

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  Cities, Desert, Caves

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• The beginning sets the rules.

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• A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable.

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  Effort, Appearance, Absurdity

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• Comedy distances pain, but leaves signs of it everywhere.

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  Pain, Distance, Comedy

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• Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.

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  Desire, Endure, Altruism

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• Self-congratulation pleases only the speaker.

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  Congratulations, Self, Egotism

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• Babies and the old are permitted self-absorption. In between, it provokes resentment.

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  Baby, Self, Resentment

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• A sympathetic look always makes me feel sorry for myself.

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  Sympathy, Sorry, Looks

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• My struggles with myself seldom reach aerobic level.

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  Struggle, Levels, My Struggle

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