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
strength character strength-of-character
Eccentricity: strength of character doubling back on itself.
giving way misfits
Eccentricity gives misfits a way of fitting in.
stupid power communism
Out of power, Marxism can develop critical intelligence; in power, it quickly becomes stupid.
lying may return
Lies save trouble now, but may return in thunder and lightning.
dream lying reality
The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.
lying writing never-lie
Never lie in writing.
lying simple
Keep your lies short and simple.
paraphrase quotations
Inevitably, almost everything we say is either quotation or paraphrase.
skills spontaneity
Spontaneity comes after skill, not before.
political driving exile
Political correctness is driving machismo underground and recalling effeminacy from exile.
beard jargon robes
Jargon is part ceremonial robe, part false beard.
jargon language
Jargon: any technical language we do not understand.
light machines world
A dense undergrowth of extension cords sustains my upper world of lights, music, and machines of comfort.
talking silence speech
Some subjects come up suddenly in our speech and cannot be silenced.