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
art avant-garde care
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it.
care fairness open-minded
I am open-minded on all questions I care nothing about.
hatred doe care
Hatred observes with more care than love does.
sex literature care
I'm being treated like a sex object, cried the lady. No matter. I will take care of it, said Time soothingly.
ambition successful careers
My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.
illumination care sun
The sun cares nothing for illumination.
laughter sometimes carefree
The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.
fortune-cookie warning care
Warning: fortune cookies don't care what happens to you.
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.
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.