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
bears honey hard
The public is a hibernating bear, hard to awaken and fond of honey.
book modernism hard
Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.
determination nice hard-work
Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.
boredom hard
Yawns are hard to refute.
fluency eloquence hard
Fluency avoids hard thoughts.
happiness hearted hard
Happiness is often hard-hearted.
excited moderation hard
Moderation in all things is best, but it's pretty hard to get excited about it.
truth lying hard
It is hard to tell truth, and hard not to.
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.