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
Mason Cooley quotes about
success failure easier
Failures are easier to repeat than successes.
success failure stills
Small successes are still successes; great failures are still failures.
home reality ordinary
Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.
littles mysterious mystery
To remain mysterious, say little and do nothing.
cows mystery ambiguous
Even a cow creates ambiguous signifiers. The moo of mystery.
mystery controversy
The unknowable creates the greatest controversies.
meaningful
Stutters and snorts are meaningful but not usually referential.
creativity substitutes competence
Creativity is not a substitute for competence.
passion way politics
Politics inflame the passions in a way that few beloveds can match.
passion deeds explanation
Passion impels our deeds; ideology supplies the explanations.
passion reason cooks
Passion cooks. Reason cleans.
work pleasure
I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.
work cutting folly
Working cuts down on both folly and wisdom.
work goodness easier
Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.