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
sacred reason sacred-texts
Sacred texts always offend reason.
broken break-out reason
Reason cannot break out of its own loop.
passion reason cooks
Passion cooks. Reason cleans.
beauty reason
Beauty compels us; reason merely cajoles.
happiness waiting reason
Do not wait for a reason to be happy.
lying reason no-reason
An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie.
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.
I see what you mean, but I do not think what you think.
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.