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
truth ifs unwelcome
If you corner me, you are going to hear some unwelcome truths.
fall history apocalypse
History takes place between the Fall and the Apocalypse, with a narrow escape route called Salvation.
memories history creative
Creative memory is the historian's most subtle opponent.
history doe
History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.
language term stills
Reversing a proposition rearranges its terms, but still keeps out new terms.
language
Language cannot say everything, fortunately.
people may language
The nature of language may determine what most people say, but I always speak my own meaning.
limits doe language
Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit.
language borrowed
English has borrowed from everywhere and now goes everywhere.
littles true-and-false language
Was there a little time between the invention of language and the coming of true and false?
tragedy sleepy tragic
Sleepy-head is no longer aroused by tragic imaginings.
tragedy comedy commonplace
Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.
death fall tragedy
When death comes too near, comedy and tragedy fall silent.
friendship old-friends lovers
An ardent lover often makes a cold friend.