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
scott-fitzgerald talent prolonging
F. Scott Fitzgerald thought that prolonging his adolescence would protect his talent.
alzheimers progress aids
Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress.
sacrifice self demand
Self-sacrifice usually contains an unspoken demand for payment.
ideas attractive thrift
Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.
book modernism hard
Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.
looks glamour eloquent
Glamour looks eloquent but seldom talks.
sports sex wrestling
Promiscuity turns sex into a sport, like arm-wrestling.
trying juan skeptical
Don Juan tries not to see the skeptical winks that greet his boasting.
dream optimism mobility
Promiscuity: optimism, free enterprise, mobility--the American Dream.
glasses steel skyscraper
A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel.
wall water alive
Electricity, water, gas, and steam course through the walls of my building, keeping it alive.
silence scandal
Silence kills scandal.
stories conventions conventionality
Call on literary convention, and it will gladly tell your story for you.
children littles adults
As children, our protests availed little. As adults, the same.