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
children optimism forlorn
Posterity--the forlorn child of nineteenth century optimism--grows ever harder to conceive.
real matter facts
Matter-of-fact descriptions make the improbable seem real.
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.
betrayal self self-betrayal
I am never more myself than in my self-betrayals.
self analysis cheat
Self-analysis always cheats.
order self people
People are not the way they are primarily in order to annoy me.
self dwarves what-if
Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?
self people satisfaction
Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?
self earning social
I create my social existence by earning and spending.