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
happiness lost complainers
Complainers rule out happiness, mentioning it only as something lost.
happiness giving together
The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart.
happiness ordinary routine
The Ordinary Life: the misery seems planned, the happiness accidental.
happiness drug paradise
Drugs bring us to to the gates of paradise, then keep us from entering.
happiness hearted hard
Happiness is often hard-hearted.
happiness goal chimera
Everyone knows that (1) happiness is the goal of life, and (2) happiness is a chimera.
happiness talent policy
Cheerfulness is a policy; happiness is a talent.
happiness pleasure
Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.
happiness thinking miserable
You are as happy as you think you are, but not necessarily as miserable as you imagine.
happiness cheerful topics
The supposed unhappiness of the rich is always a cheerful topic of conversation.
happiness risk bait
Prudence suspects that happiness is a bait set by risk.
happiness wisdom memories
Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.
happiness children believe
As a child I was told by my parents that I was happy, but I did not believe them.
happiness waiting reason
Do not wait for a reason to be happy.