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

— Mason Cooley

Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.

— Mason Cooley

An adolescent is both an impulsive child and a self-starting adult.

— Mason Cooley

Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.

— Mason Cooley

As equality increases, so does the number of people struggling for predominance.

— Mason Cooley

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

— Mason Cooley

At the end of every diet the path curves back toward the trough.

— Mason Cooley

Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.

— Mason Cooley

Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.

— Mason Cooley

Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully

— Mason Cooley