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
music numbers silent
Mathematics: silent harmonies. Music: sounding numbers.
thinking thoughtful sticks
No matter how close thought sticks to the actual, it follows its own rules.
thinking thoughtful life-is
Life is always rich, thought only occasionally so.
thinking thoughtful color
Thought maps existence; fantasy colors it.
travel home thinking
Travelling carries me to the surface, away from the deeps of home-thoughts.
fate thinking thoughtful
Thought enables us to see Fate coming.
thoughtful thinking years
Every few years something new breaks into the circle of my thoughts.
thinking thoughtful my-own
To make a thought my own, I must think it often.
wall thoughtful boys
A small boy puts his hand on the wall, and looks down intently as he wriggles his toes. The birth of thought?
thinking thoughtful significant
I feel that I have something significant to say, but I cannot think what it is.
thinking thoughtful want
By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.
thinking thoughtful deeds
Thoughts can be revised. Deeds cannot.
beauty reason
Beauty compels us; reason merely cajoles.
beauty guarantees world
Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions.