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
thinking thoughtful sticks
No matter how close thought sticks to the actual, it follows its own rules.
thinking thoughtful life-is
Life is always rich, thought only occasionally so.
thinking thoughtful color
Thought maps existence; fantasy colors it.
fate thinking thoughtful
Thought enables us to see Fate coming.
thoughtful thinking years
Every few years something new breaks into the circle of my thoughts.
thinking thoughtful my-own
To make a thought my own, I must think it often.
wall thoughtful boys
A small boy puts his hand on the wall, and looks down intently as he wriggles his toes. The birth of thought?
thinking thoughtful significant
I feel that I have something significant to say, but I cannot think what it is.
thinking thoughtful want
By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.
thinking thoughtful deeds
Thoughts can be revised. Deeds cannot.
lonely thoughtful feeling-alone
The lonely become either thoughtful or empty.
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.