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
doubt trails protest
My noisy denunciation trails off in doubt.
long doubt certainty
Doubt is long-winded. Certainty is brief.
giving doubt age
Age must give way to youth, no doubt. But not yet, not yet.
knowledge doubt more-knowledge
The more knowledge, the clearer what the doubts are.
courage self doubt
Courage overrides self-doubt, but does not end it.
faith moving doubt
Faith no doubt moves mountains, but not necessarily to where we want them.
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.