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
change regret celebrate
Wallace Stevens: the Platonist celebrates endless change, but with regret.
regret believe past
The discontented believe that their regrets are about the past.
regret fear youth
I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.
gratitude regret inspire
Show enough regret, and your refusal will inspire gratitude.
regret naps overeating
Regret leads to overeating and naps.
regret self painful
Most self-laceration is more noisy than painful.
regret apologizing blame
I regret. I apologize. I blame myself. I continue as before.
regret past doe
Regretting the past does not prevent me from repeating it.
time regret wasted-life
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time
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.