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
men schemes young
Young men preen. Old men scheme.
literature young
Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.
youth shame young
The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.
friends young-friends youth
My young friend supposes his ingenuousness is merely a ruse.
youth opinion young
The young are just as opinionated as the old, but have more exciting things to do than sit around airing their opinions all day.
suffering youth young
The young are amazed when they suffer.
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.
freedom lateness late
Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.