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
building refuge civics
When science drove the gods out of nature, they took refuge in poetry and the porticos of civic buildings.
god men
Man invented the gods. Then the gods went off on their own, but not far.
passion olympian-gods dies
The Olympian gods cannot have grand passions because they cannot die.
mars venus detectives
Mars and Venus are at it again. This time, Hephaestus is standing by with a private detective, a photographer, and a lawyer.
class shoes voice
The Lady: a fluty voice, sensible shoes, a melancholy sense of living by rules few still remember.
children class pet
Ladies and gentlemen are supposed to be looked after by others, like children and pets.
gossip people dying
Gossip is dying out because fewer and fewer people care to talk about anything besides themselves.
children optimism forlorn
Posterity--the forlorn child of nineteenth century optimism--grows ever harder to conceive.
serious affair quarrels
Snarls and sobs show that a love affair is getting serious.
smile pride arrogance
Arrogance frowns; pride smiles.
truth power errors
Errors are more numerous than truths, but fortunately too divided among themselves to take power.
somewhere-else self world
I am the center of the world, but the control panel seems to be somewhere else.
self selfishness absorption
My self-absorption warms me; yours boils me.
hope home self
When I go out, I hope to leave the worst of myself at home.