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
pursuit idealism absolutes
Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute.
mind watches ecstasy
Even in rapture, part of the mind watches.
boredom sleepy restless
Boredom makes me sleepy or restless.
boredom bored trying
When I am bored with myself, I try to find someone to listen to me.
bullying boredom please
Eagerness to please attracts bullies and bores.
boredom enough oneself
One eventually has enough even of oneself.
letting-go wedding boredom
The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore.
boredom contradiction
A yawn is more disconcerting than a contradiction.
running boredom ennui
Adrenalin dispels boredom. Run, you sufferers from ennui! Run for your lives!
divorce boredom people
People are reluctant to cite boredom as grounds for divorce.
faith boredom bores
Faith of the bore: everything is worth saying.
boredom strive strife
Boredom strives to detach, but finds itself stuck.
boredom cures
A sure cure for boredom: fast until you are ravenous.
boredom deviance problem
Sexual boredom is ousting sexual deviance as the problem.