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
cat thinking noses
The banker rubs his nose, thinking of his cat stalking something on the lawn.
family couple cat
The family is on its way out; couples go next; then no more keeping cats or parrots.
categories restaurants menus
Undecidability is a useful category even in dealing with restaurant menus.
cat stories may
Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat.
dog cat humans
Dogs often remind us of the human, ail-too human. Cats, never.
lonely cat pet
Even cats grow lonely and anxious.
hate cat pet
Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.
cat people pet
A happy arrangement: many people prefer cats to other people, and many cats prefer people to other cats.
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.