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
eye kissing eye-contact
To avoid eye contact, kiss.
eye originality beholder
Originality is in the eye of the beholder.
memories eye past
Mild brown eyes beckon me to the past, but memory provides no clue.
lying eye looks
When lying to someone, look him straight in the eye.
eye doe excess
The eye deals with excess more easily than the stomach does.
mother sadness eye
My mother's mild-eyed sadness looks at me from the eyes of those I love.
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.