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
modesty seduction modest
A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.
cameras youth modesty
The modest youth somehow knows just what to do for the cameras.
men people modesty
When a modest man praises himself, people listen.
sweet dames fortune
One who can find lemons sweet and grapes sour is ready for Dame Fortune.
nature enough fortune
If we knew enough, fortune would turn out to be nature.
fortune-cookie warning care
Warning: fortune cookies don't care what happens to you.
smile sweet judgment
Sweet smiles soften judgment. Sweet haunches unseat it.
father age ghost
My taking a seat on the Council of the Fathers caused a desperate fluttering among my ghosts.
mother clinging wanted
My mother wanted to shrink from my clinging, but did not.
mother sadness eye
My mother's mild-eyed sadness looks at me from the eyes of those I love.
faces mask seems
Masks are what they seem to be; not so the faces beneath them.
believe enthusiasm
Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.
enthusiasm settling enthusiastic
Being enthusiastic settles nothing.
cynicism zealot
Cynicism has its own zealots.