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
kings equality giving
Giving out crowns to everyone will not make a nation of kings.
equality facts inequality
Inequality is a fact. Equality is a value.
death goal construction
Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.
leadership done
Beware of wallflowers. They expect to have everything done for them.
children father childhood
As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father.
joy childhood listening
I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues.
decision inevitable absent
Most of my decisions in life seem absent-minded but inevitable.
categories restaurants menus
Undecidability is a useful category even in dealing with restaurant menus.
thinking decision important
Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.
faith betrayal ambiguity
Bad faith makes the most of every ambiguity.
passionate indecision states
Some live in a state of passionate indecision.
facts idealism idealist
The idealist regards facts as provisional.
worry ordinary watches
I reject all evidence that my fabulous beloved is an ordinary person who worries, watches TV, and has bouts of indigestion.
ideas fit chairs
The chair as ideas fits only the bottom as idea.