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
age eras worship
Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age.
up-in-the-air noses gone
If your nose is up in the air, you cannot see where you are going.
should existence plans
If you should ever acknowledge my existence, I plan to snub you.
friends vanity
Your vanity and my vanity will never be friends.
lying vanity healthy
Healthy vanity sweeps through life. Sickly vanity lies in bed.
vanity spiteful hungry
Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.
dutch painting daily-life
Dutch painting: daily life is enough.
morning clerks daily-life
Early every morning an old woman goes to the market to curse a grocery clerk, who curses back.
past body flesh
The flesh of past lovers looks both familiar and strange.
beautiful ambitious body
In adding up her assets, the ambitious lady calculated the worth of her beautiful body as coldly as everything else.
struggle achievement mediocrity
Attaining even mediocrity is often a struggle.
smile sadness teeth
The morose one refuses to smile even when he has just had his teeth cleaned.
people minutes conversation
I am often attracted to people with whom I could not hold a five minute conversation.
shrinking moments grotesque
After a moment of shrinking back, we domesticate the grotesque.