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
rose curiosity rising
Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope.
curiosity scandal
Curiosity engenders both science and scandal.
curiosity assets
Curiosity is an asset mostly frittered away.
curiosity hundred
I am interested in a hundred things, but only slightly.
loneliness curiosity
Curiosity makes loneliness.
sports murder-mysteries curiosity
Curiosity, easily frightened, takes refuge in puzzles, murder mysteries, and spectator sports.
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.