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
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.
animal civilization vegetables
Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables.