Mason Cooley Quotes

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no

I work everywhere. If there is a nice adventure in South Korea, for example, why not? Russia, Brazil, whatever. I'm ready for almost anything.

It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.

The key to having an interesting life is to always say "yes" to anything crazy.

I was always willing to say, "Let's see what happens," when something came up that looked like it might help me get a little closer to where I wanted to be . . .

I get up in the morning looking for an adventure.

There are always things to examine. What's great is not feeling that I have to refuse any of them. Maybe no good from a PR perspective, but from the point of view of everyday life, it keeps things interesting.

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

As a matter of personal philosophy, I have generally said, 'Why not?' far more often than either 'Why?' or 'Not.'

I want to try everything.

When someone asks me to do something, something new, something I don't know about, and if I haven't done it, I'll say yes. Just so I can try something new. You never know what you might like.

Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes', otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.

I'm sure, to many people, my life is not that exciting, but to me every day is an adventure.

I say, 'Why not' to everything.

I never rule anything out, you never know what's to come.

I want to be surprised by life... I think that's more interesting.

Love color. Take risks. Stay curious.

Life is a fatal adventure. It can only have one end. So why not make it as far-ranging and free as possible.

Life's more fun when you take the chance that it might end.

A lot of people criticize Formula 1 as an unnecessary risk. But what would life be like if we only did what is necessary?

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go.

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out.

I'm always excited to try something I haven't done.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

One day, someone said to me, 'Do you want to go jump out of an airplane?' I felt like I had nothing to lose anymore, so I said, 'Why not?' And every day since then, I ask myself that question.