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
change way stories
Every time I change the way I explain myself to myself, I have to rearrange the story of my life.
change regret celebrate
Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret.
change mother father
Boredom, not the will, is the mother of change. Necessity is the father.
change familiar
The familiar changes as we cling to it.
change things-change written
Everything changes as it is written down.
change details politician
Politicians love change, but of details only.
change art works-of-art
Every work of art changes its predecessors.
change past trying
Many try to force the past to change.
change crime accepted
Change often makes accepted customs into crimes.
change
We make some changes. But mostly changes make us.
change score sophistication
Sophistication knows the score, but is powerless to change it.
change
I resist change even as I call for it.
change things-change enough
A: Everything changes. B: But not enough.
change ducks risk
Proverbial wisdom counsels against risk and change. But sitting ducks fare worst of all.