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
talking doe needs
Your need to talk does not create in me a need to listen.
world judgment conversation
In conversation, everyone sits in confident judgment on the world.
metaphor convince
Metaphors convince at once or not at all.
impossible nostalgia
My nostalgia is for the impossible.
smile past faces
Nostalgia paints a smile on the stony face of the past.
representation
Every representation, even of an orgy, is a sublimation.
art dresses
In art, a dress is never just a dress; nor in life either.
jealousy stills
I am no longer in love, but I still have my jealousy.
jealousy grieving envy
Envy grieves. Jealousy rages.
jealousy self abandonment
Jealousy fuses megalomania and self-abandonment.
jealousy safety bored
Bored by safety, the lover grows jealous and exacting.
morning stupid mean
Never invite to dinner: those who won't decide until the last minute; those who come more than half an hour late; those who want to bring along two or three friends; drunks; monologists; those who stay until three o'clock in the morning; those who think that conversation means having an argument; those who take a high moral tone; those who are stupid, ugly, or dull. Enforcement of these rules will enable one to eat alone every night in comfort.
happiness romance companionship
Not romance but companionship makes the happiness of daily life.
thinking different pairs
Think of the many different relations of form and content. E.g., the many pairs of trousers and what's in them.