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
self reform kind
Self-reform is the only kind that works.
blind-belief kind blind
Ultimately, blind faith is the only kind.
kindness doe ease
Kindness eases everything almost as much as money does.
ordinary hints kind
Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.
kind forgettable carnal-knowledge
Carnal knowledge is as forgettable as the other kinds.
kindness fear kind
Fear of my cruel impulses makes me kind.
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.