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Famous Mason Cooley Quotes
“I feel that I have something significant to say, but I cannot think what it is.”
“Looking backward at what has been lost, I feel sad, then indifferent, and at last relieved.”
“When my expectations are exactly fulfilled, I feel that something uncanny has happened.”
“If you insist on asking me why I feel the way I do, I plan to take the Fifth Amendment.”
“The cues that arouse desire are changed by Fashion, but feel like the proddings of Nature.”
“My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.”
“I feel disappointed, but I don't remember just what I expected.”
“Once I find the right maxim to apply, I feel that I have done all that can be expected of me.”
“As I review my life, I feel I must have missed the point, either then or now.”
“Old men feel a slightly reluctant affection for one another.”
“I feel affluent or not according to what part of town I am in.”
“Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.”
“When you feel protective toward your parents, you have become an adult.”
“As I criss-cross the city hurrying, I feel always the unchanging cold beneath the pavement.”
“Many have never felt strong, but everyone knows what it is to feel weak.”
“Holding unconventional opinions makes people feel they have strong characters.”
“The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness.”
“All anger feels like righteous anger; sorrow does not care whether it is righteous or not.”
“Fail, and your friends feel superior. Succeed, and they feel resentful.”