Mason Cooley
Mason Cooley
Mason Cooleywas an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
kindness doe ease
Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
girl mom daughter
Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little.
congratulations habit ifs
If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.
dance pain shrinks
Dancers dance through their pain I shrink from mine.
happiness drug paradise
Drugs bring us to to the gates of paradise, then keep us from entering.
grateful sacrifice be-grateful
Don't sacrifice yourself for me. I will not be grateful.
thinking mind forgotten
Sometimes I discover I have changed my mind because I have forgotten what I used to think.
writing thinking circles
Writing about an idea frees me of it. Thinking about it is a circle of repetitions.
book lessons teach
Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.
naps rejection figures
When you can't figure out what to do, it's time for a nap.
silence answers silence-is
silence is the most intolerable of answers.
role-models warning roles
If I can't serve as a role model, let me serve as a warning.
differences littles poet
Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
men schemes young
Young men preen. Old men scheme.