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
overcoming pleasure limitation
The limitations of pleasure cannot be overcome by more pleasure.
secret live-by dies
Secrets die when kept or revealed. They live by being faintly and uncertainly repeated.
revenge rejection trying
After rejection - misery, then thoughts of revenge, and finally, oh well, another try elsewhere.
stars astrology
Astrology: do we make a hullabaloo among the stars, or do they make a hullabaloo down here?
advice ears mouths
Advice is more agreeable in the mouth than in the ear.
art innovation imitation
Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation.
children teaching character
Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully
time regret wasted-life
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time
self doe circumstances
True self is the part of us that does not change when circumstances do.
money
To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
travel memorable thinking
Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.
literature sofas ideology
Ideology has shaped the very sofa on which I sit.
artist literature temperament
Few artists can afford artistic temperament.
hate cat pet
Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.