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
smile promise desire
Smiling half-reluctance seems to promise more than the frankest gesture of desire.
practice broken promise
To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.
people promise magic
Magic trick: to make people disappear, ask them to fulfill their promises.
lying promise sufficient
Lies and promises are necessary but not sufficient.
trust men promise
Never trust the judgment of an enthusiastic man; never trust the promises of a lazy one.
food promise eating
Health foods make promises that only the Second Coming could fulfill.
death promise oblivion
Death promises nothing--not even oblivion.
reading promise library
If you do not throw in a few promises of better things to come, gloomy one, I am going to take you back to the library.
vacation history promise
The transcendental promises a vacation from history.
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.