Mason Quotes

What lies behind appearance is usually another appearance. ~ Mason Cooley

Youth demands more than ordinary life. Age clings to it. ~ Mason Cooley

Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country. ~ Mason Cooley

I've been mentally preparing myself to come out all over again, but I've been doing that for a while now. That was one of the things I realized early. If you're queer, your life has the potential to become one long coming-out moment. If I ever want to be called the right pronouns, I'll have to correct people and put myself out there first and who knows what could happen. ~ Mason Deaver

Self-hatred is sometimes appropriate. ~ Mason Cooley

The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head. ~ Mason Cooley

We all have need to be trained to see, and to have our eyes opened before we can take in the joy that is meant for us in this beautiful life. ~ Charlotte Mason

We may eat dinner together, but everyone puts the food in his own mouth. ~ Mason Cooley

It appears - because it has been the case for twenty years - that every problem is solvable ... that no matter how badly the world economy slumps there is a pain-free way out of it. Once the realization dawns that there is not, and that the pain will be severe, the question is posed that has not really been posed for twenty years: who should feel it? ~ Paul Mason

The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it. ~ Mason Cooley

Idleness makes people feeble and peevish. Work makes them stalwart and prone to anger. ~ Mason Cooley

The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness. ~ Mason Cooley

Speaking of River City in The Music Man & his home town, Mason City, Iowa: I didn't have to make up anything. I simply remembered Mason City as closely as I could. ~ Meredith Willson

People who behave at forty as they did at twenty must sometimes wonder why their charm is not working. ~ Mason Cooley

In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything. ~ Mason Cooley

I have always believed that the chemistry of fate includes a strong measure of irony. ~ E.R. Mason

Moo may represent an idea, but only the cow knows. ~ Mason Cooley

Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them. ~ Mason Cooley

Never lie in writing. ~ Mason Cooley

The poor despise labor when performed by slaves. ~ George Mason

Rule of religion: purpose breathes even in dirt and stones. ~ Mason Cooley

the counters and center island were crammed with mason jars and novelty saltshakers and cookie jars in the shapes of cats, blimps, pumpkins, frogs, robots, potbellied demons, and other things. ~ Tim Pratt

An illicit love affair seems sweetly old-fashioned in the age of one night stands and orgies. ~ Mason Cooley

If I want my time wasted, I'll waste it myself. ~ Mason Cooley

::Fight, Kayla. You are the sea that swallows her river, the sky that absorbs her smoke. Absorb her flow. Make it yours.:: Kayla ~ Rhonda Mason

I was asked, "How can we change the world?" And I answered, "You will never be able to change the world by projecting ideal images to aspire for. The only way to change the world is to penetrate the grassroots, to penetrate at the groundbreaking level - to be a mason - to dig into the core where all the tar and lumpy mud is located and to work with that shit until you bring out something beautiful. We change the world by dressing wounds, by listening to forgotten voices of the lost, by getting our hands dirty. Nobody is going to be able to change the world by painting a lovely picture. You have to know how to make paint. Then teach the people how to use a paintbrush. Then teach the people how to make strokes, how to wash the paintbrush, and how to mount their own paintings onto the wall. Because the alchemy of the world, of humanity as a whole, is really just the collective alchemy of every individual. Take what is darkness and transmutate it into a shining thing. Changing the world is never about the changer; it is about the world. ~ C. JoyBell C.

The true Mason's level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self. ~ William Howard Taft

When a paradox is widely believed, it is no longer recognized as a paradox. ~ Mason Cooley

Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter. ~ Mason Cooley

Tolerance is a placid contempt. ~ Mason Cooley

Completing a large or difficult survey can be a very satisfying thing, especially if there have been hurdles or setbacks along the way. In our work, we get to "tick" off jobs quite often, so the sense of completion can also be rewarding. ~ Mark Mason

Most of us live in a world that has ceased to exist. ~ Mason Cooley

Sexual boredom is ousting sexual deviance as the problem. ~ Mason Cooley

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere. ~ William Howard Taft

Lechery is secretive, but must finally reveal itself to at least one. ~ Mason Cooley

His mentality was dressed up as a moral code, but when naked, was simply a preference. ~ J.S. Mason

The beloved is the ultimate fetish. ~ Mason Cooley

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes. ~ John Mason Brown

That was Clay's olive branch to Quinn, and if the sumbitch weren't as stubborn as a mule, he'd take it. ~ Alex Morgan

I handed him my heart, soul, and spirit on a silver platter and he crushed them into a million pieces. ~ Dana Mason

For me, being vulnerable is asking for help from other people whatever it may be. ~ Mason Jennings

It is quite obvious that love is beautiful, but one often does not see the beauty in hardship. ~ Crystal Mason

Old and young disbelieve one another's truths. ~ Mason Cooley

The flesh of past lovers looks both familiar and strange. ~ Mason Cooley

Every doctrine has a theory of the beginning. ~ Mason Cooley

I've been flogging myself to keep my fitness up there. ~ Willie Mason

Logan shot to his feet. I can't keep quiet anymore. You all are stupid idiots if you think that. Don't you know her? Don't you know Mason? My god, I'm embarrassed to call you ass-dults! ~ Tijan

Because we lived only a mile outside the town of Mayfield, I was acutely conscious of being country. I felt inferior to people in town because we had to grow our food and make our clothes. ~ Bobbie Ann Mason

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris. ~ Mason Cooley

Wit saves us from being swallowed whole by life. ~ Mason Cooley

I have heard from many readers since 'The Girl in the Blue Beret' came out. The story of my airline pilot, former B-17 bomber pilot Marshall Stone, on his search to find the people who helped him during World War II has struck a chord. ~ Bobbie Ann Mason

I was very bookish and shy. I didn't have playmates, ever. ~ Bobbie Ann Mason

Tits. Ass. Cock. I know those words, Mason, and I know you think I'm so deeply prissy and vanilla but I'm actually a big girl, so you can go ahead and use them on me."…
"You want it then?" His mutter was raspy and low and his eyes burned so deep into mine I felt paralyzed before he even spoke. "Fine, Taylor," he whispered, pressing his hand down hard on my thigh. "You walked in here and the first thing I thought of was how goddamned good you looked and how bad I wanted to rip that dress off those perfect tits of yours. I thought about what you'd look like in those boots and those boots alone and it turned me into a fucking crazy person for a second because I had some very real thoughts about grabbing you, taking you home and fucking you on my bed till I could hear those pretty lips screaming my name. does that get the point across or do you want to hear just how hard and deep I imagined my cock inside you."
Holy fuck.
Just like that, panties ruined. ~ Stella Rhys

Don't moralize at me! I have no love
For images, old gods, prophetic words.
I want to talk to Utnapishtim!
Tell me how. ~ Herbert Mason

I'm not very articulate. The reason I write is because I don't talk. ~ Bobbie Ann Mason

Yearning wants mostly to perpetuate itself. ~ Mason Cooley

Strict rules of evidence would destroy psychoanalysis and literary criticism. ~ Mason Cooley

Morning, ma'am. I'm looking for Tommy Mason. Is he around?" Polite and professional, that was Senior Agent Broussard.
"Lord, what's that no-good sonofabitch done now? Wait, you ain't a cop; you're a game warden. "What'd he do, run over a fish? ~ Susannah Sandlin

Sentimentality is the respect the cold-hearted pay to feeling. ~ Mason Cooley

Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment. ~ Mason Cooley

In the lassitude after love Odysseus asks Circe, "What is the way to the land of the dead?"

Circe answers, "You are muffled in folds of heavy fabric. You close your eyes against the rough cloth and though you struggle to free yourself you can barely move. With much thrashing and writhing, you manage to throw off another layer, but find that not only is there another one beyond it, but that the weight bearing you down has scarcely decreased. With dauntless spirit you continue to struggle. By infinitesimal degrees, the load becomes lighter and your confinement less. At last, you push away a piece of coarse, heavy cloth and, relieved, feel that it was the last one. As it falls away, you realize you have been fighting through years. You open your eyes. ~ Zachary Mason

A brick, in the hands of a Mason, could be used to cover up and hide a secret handshake. ~ Jarod Kintz

Cheerfulness is a policy; happiness is a talent. ~ Mason Cooley

Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children. ~ Mason Cooley

I've played with so many people that I never really noticed that I was playing with so many people until after it was compiled on the Internet. I just kept going. I haven't even heard half the records I've played on, to tell you the truth. ~ Harvey Mason, Jr.

As desire recedes, the world becomes clear, pale, and empty. ~ Mason Cooley

Telescopes and binoculars endanger the ever-distant sublime. ~ Mason Cooley

An ardent lover often makes a cold friend. ~ Mason Cooley

Love sorrows are addictive as other sorrows are not. ~ Mason Cooley

Few things are worth doing perfectly. ~ Mason Cooley

No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime. ~ Mason Cooley

Vanity is easily duped. Ambition, not. ~ Mason Cooley

I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries. ~ Mason Cooley

Sometimes it's easier to pretend everything's fine than admit differently. But the problem is it becomes habit-forming until it's our new reality. Then we're really just living a lie. ~ Carol Mason

The gods are watching, but idly, yawning. ~ Mason Cooley

Heroes are born to be troublemakers. ~ Mason Cooley

Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects. ~ Mason Cooley

Passion impels our deeds; ideology supplies the explanations. ~ Mason Cooley

God, I love sex. I mean really, who doesn't love this right here? ~ J. Daniels

Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation. ~ Mason Cooley

A system of metaphor (pointing to a higher power) that one takes inside oneself as the truth and through its rules one aligns ones inner and outer behavior, submitting ones ego or will to the will of a higher power. ~ Mason Jennings

I don't know whether to cry or scream or do both. It feels like I've done more than enough of both. And it feels like I haven't done enough.

And at some point, I know I'm going to have to crawl out of this bed and pick up the pieces but right now, it can be just me. Just me, these four walls, and this bed.

The universe doesn't have to exist outside this bedroom, and that's perfectly okay. ~ Mason Deaver

We have failed to recognize our great asset: time. A conscientious use of it could make us into something quite amazing. - Friedrich Schiller ~ Mason Currey

For some, bottles of liquor gleam like the towers of Eldorado. ~ Mason Cooley

The past is beautiful / like the darkness between the fireflies. ~ Mason Jennings

I can't predict the future. ~ Andrew Mason

Mine, said the stone,
mine is the hour.
I crush the scissors,
such is my power.
Stronger than wishes,
my power, alone.

Mine, said the paper,
mine are the words
that smother the stone
with imagined birds,
reams of them, flown
from the mind of the shaper.

Mine, said the scissors,
mine all the knives
gashing through paper's
ethereal lives;
nothing's so proper
as tattering wishes.

As stone crushes scissors,
as paper snuffs stone
and scissors cut paper,
all end alone.
So heap up your paper
and scissor your wishes
and uproot the stone
from the top of the hill.
They all end alone
as you will, you will. ~ David Mason

Art seduces, but does not exploit. ~ Mason Cooley

I automate some tasks and delegate many others. Doing research, job organization, data processing, field surveys, and plan preparation can be tedious, detailed work. ~ Mark Mason

If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment. ~ Mason Cooley

Bacon always woke at the first light of day and worked for several hours, usually finishing around noon. ~ Mason Currey

Politics inflame the passions in a way that few beloveds can match. ~ Mason Cooley

The dignified catastrophes of tragedy bear little resemblance to the slow ruin inflicted by life. ~ Mason Cooley

My route, Sior Francis - and don't be surprised when you hear it - my route when I set out to find God... was... laziness. Yes, laziness. If I wasn't lazy I would have gone the way of respectable, upstanding people. Like everyone else I would have studied a trade - cabinet-maker, weaver, mason - and opened a shop; I would have worked all day long, and where then would I have found time to search for God? I might as well be looking for a needle in a haystack: that's what I would have said to myself. All my mind and thoughts would have been occupied with how to earn my living, feed my children, how to keep the upper hand over my wife. With such worries, curse them, how could I have the time, or inclination, or the pure heart needed to think about the Almighty?

But by the grace of God I was born lazy. To work, get married, have children, and make problems for myself were all too much trouble. I simply sat in the sun during winter and in the shade during summer, while at night, stretched out on my back on the roof of my house, I watched the moon and the stars. And when you watch the moon and the stars how can you expect your mind not to dwell on God? I couldn't sleep any more. Who made all that? I asked myself. And why? Who made me, and why? Where can I find God so that I may ask Him? Piety requires laziness, you know. It requires leisure - and don't listen to what others say. The laborer who lives from hand to mouth returns home each night exhausted and famished. He a ~ Nikos Kazantzakis

Isn't it strange how often your butt gets all the instructions?" Gerry said conversationally to Mason, "Mine gets hustled all over the place, it's quite the social butterfly. ~ Rolf

When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say. ~ Mason Cooley

Ever since the Beatles, the concept of lovable mop tops, it's a bit of a fantasy, but it's a lovely idea that people make wonderful music and live a wonderful life being friends together. Sadly, life isn't quite like that. ~ Nick Mason

The family is on its way out; couples go next; then no more keeping cats or parrots. ~ Mason Cooley

Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying. ~ Mason Cooley

Opportunity often goes begging. Luck, never. ~ Mason Cooley