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
running philosophy common-sense
Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.
law common-sense giving
Like other high subjects, the Law gives no ground to common sense.
tragedy comedy commonplace
Comedy defends the commonplace; tragedy explodes it.
causes aging common
I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors.
common-sense literature common
Romantics consider common sense vulgar.
special common misery
Unhappiness is too common to call for special measures.
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.
freedom lateness late
Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.