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01c. 1964 AD

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

Mason Cooley / quote

02c. 1964 AD

The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.

Mason Cooley / quote

03c. 1964 AD

At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

Mason Cooley / quote

04c. 1964 AD

Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.

Mason Cooley / quote

05c. 1964 AD

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

Mason Cooley / quote

06c. 1964 AD

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

Mason Cooley / quote

07c. 1964 AD

The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.

Mason Cooley / quote

08c. 1964 AD

Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.

Mason Cooley / quote