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
wisdom intelligence simplify
Intelligence complicates. Wisdom simplifies.
wisdom pun riddle
I like the old wisdom--puns, riddles, spells, proverbs.
wisdom mentor age
My mentors grow old and foolish. I am afraid.
happiness wisdom memories
Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.
wisdom return embrace
Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.
wisdom affair lost
Wisdom has lost repute because it so often applies to a state of affairs that no longer exists.
wisdom age aging
As an elder I mistrust the wisdom of age.
inspirational wisdom achievement
If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.
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.