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
issues people arguing
Most people see no reason to stop arguing just because an issue has been decided.
power law issues
Lawyers may reason powerfully, but power settles most issues.
past issues people
The past goes right on pulling me apart, though I can scarcely remember the people or the issues.
truth past issues
Profundity often goes past the issue to some deep but useless truth.
issues cynicism
Cynicism formulates issues clearly, but only to dismiss them.
issues museums joining
Respectability is joining chastity in the museum of dead issues.
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.