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
success failure stills
Small successes are still successes; great failures are still failures.
success failure wretchedness
The wretchedness of failure is the great attraction of success.
death surface beneath-the-surface
Death is always there, just beneath the surface.
death ifs around-the-corner
Death is just around the corner. If only it would stay there.
friends death book
Death is hacking away at my address book and party lists.
death promise oblivion
Death promises nothing--not even oblivion.
death right-time dies
The right time to die is never exactly now.
science purpose causes
Rule of science: only exclude purpose, and Nature will reveal her causes.
bridges ideas technique
Technique bridges among ideas, and sometimes generates them.
intellectual shock businessman
The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat.
mean cities wilderness
In the city, nudity means something; in the wild, it just exists.
commitment feelings together
Commitments, not feelings, hold life together.
moving commitment detachment
Our detachments move us toward freedom and death.
self-esteem self esteem
Self-esteem is not based on itself.