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
wise wisdom two
To avoid discord, never put two wise people in the same room.
music clouds dancing
The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.
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.