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
time time-management killing
The time I kill is killing me.
inspirational procrastination literature
Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder.
inspirational wisdom achievement
If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.
literature complaining complainers
Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.
literature garbage humans
Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.
dental-work ideas office
If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.
style skinny well-dressed
To appear well dressed, be skinny and tall.
confusion understanding path
Every path to a new understanding begins in confusion...
paradox
When a paradox is widely believed, it is no longer recognized as a paradox.
joy aftermath
The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.
art sex taken
Amazing that the human race has taken enough time out from thinking about food or sex to create the arts and sciences.
hypocrisy cynicism
Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.
journalism happenings
Journalism never admits that nothing much is happening.
success congratulations ordinary
After my spectacular failures, I could not be satisfied with an ordinary success.