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
cheating winning opponents
I win on my merits; my opponents win by cheating.
winning nihilism lasts
The negative always wins at last, but I like it none the better for that.
smile heart winning
To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.
mean winning outlasting
Winning means outlasting everyone else.
hero winning play
The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win.
sports giving-up winning
The winner gives up his chance to be a good sport.
witty winning style
In comedy, the witty style wins out over every mishap of the plot.
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.
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.