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
complaining pastime complaints
Complaining is the favorite pastime of millions.
past imagination taste
Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future.
change past trying
Many try to force the past to change.
regret believe past
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.
book reading past
Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over.
past body flesh
The flesh of past lovers looks both familiar and strange.
family family-life pastime
Blackmail is one of the great pastimes of family life.
moving belief pastures
Belief forages, moving from pasture to pasture.
memories eye past
Mild brown eyes beckon me to the past, but memory provides no clue.
past doe depends
The power of the past does not depend on our knowledge of it.
past betray
The present necessarily betrays the past.
past wind tripping
To avoid tripping on the chain of the past, you have to pick it up and wind it about you.
past issues people
The past goes right on pulling me apart, though I can scarcely remember the people or the issues.
past may way
Studying the past may suggest new ways of going wrong.