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
believe hands always-believe
The best hand always believes in playing by the rules.
art believe people
People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
regret believe past
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.
love believe hands
Lovers always believe one another's sleight-of-hand tricks.
happiness children believe
As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them.
believe literature lasts
Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
believe enthusiasm
Amateurs believe their enthusiasm will suffice.
I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
nice literature hobbies
Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
im-sorry sorry mistrust
Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
art avant-garde care
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it.
stories literature insult
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
beginning-middle-and-end abandoned ends
The beginning, middle, and end are parodied, reversed, and hidden by modernism, but not abandoned.
modern paint depiction
Modern pictures banish depiction for interfering with the workings of paint.