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
money
Money comes to life as it is spent.
money art sex
Unlike art and sex, money always arouses interest.
money fame conquest
Expenditure now attracts fame as conquest once did.
despair found modernism
The modernist writers found despair inspirational.
hope despair cry
Hope and despair ignore one another's cries.
hope despair facts
Hope, and hopelessness, persist despite the facts.
god men humanity
God improvises. Man systematizes.
god humanity forget
To postpone unpleasantness is human; to forget it is divine.
congratulations self blame
Self-blame usually has an undertone of self-congratulation.
misdeeds
Confess to the misdeeds you cannot hide.
action ifs knows
Do as you like--if you know what it is.
action parades corners
The parade was here, but it disappeared around a corner.
expectations desire action
Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.
action reflexes disguise
We often disguise our reflexes as deliberate actions.