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
enough circumstances wells
Position yourself well enough, and circumstances will do the rest.
satisfaction enough
Enough is ever-receding.
strong irony enough
Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony.
boredom enough oneself
One eventually has enough even of oneself.
change things-change enough
A: Everything changes. B: But not enough.
sometimes enough yeah
Sometimes "Yes" is rhetoric enough.
people just-being enough
Most people find just being themselves not enough of a show.
nature enough fortune
If we knew enough, fortune would turn out to be nature.
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.