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
horse youth remember
The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.
ideas literature may
Stated clearly enough, an idea may cancel itself out.
birthday passion age-love
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
running reputation affair
Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
ideas literature world
Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.
running philosophy common-sense
Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.
art believe people
People believe that photographs are true and therefore cannot be art.
literature young
Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.
birthday fall funeral
Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
want impulse
Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.
path morality decorum
Observe decorum, and it will open a path to morality.
trying literature leap
Never try to leap from a standstill.
passion fire literature
My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.
mind
My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.