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
moving literature littles
Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.
loyalty likes discourse
Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.
art law interesting
If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.
lying literature path
Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
literature innocence charming
Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation.
want insult flattery
Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?
i-love-you literature pandoras-box
I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
literature baffled insult
We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled.
games literature loser
In the game of love, the losers are more celebrated than the winners.
fear self self-control
Always clamping down on excitement is not self-control but fear.
arrogance privilege needs
The greater the privilege, the more hidden the arrogance. The Emperor of China need not exist.
spring cutting arrogance
Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.
wind play arrogance
Those who refuse to play second fiddle may wind up playing no fiddle at all.
museums quotation-marks mark
In the museums, everything is in quotation marks.