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
luck lucky assuming
Always assume that a lucky hit will not be repeated.
luck merit aspiration
My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.
luck bad-luck exception
Most bad luck is the misfortune of not being an exception.
opportunity luck gone
Opportunity often goes begging. Luck, never.
fate luck worship
The powerless worship Luck and Fate.
giving luck method
Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.
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.