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
bridges ideas technique
Technique bridges among ideas, and sometimes generates them.
misdeeds
Confess to the misdeeds you cannot hide.
humanity human-nature scoundrels
Human nature is a scoundrel's favorite explanation.
sincerity difficult
Intelligence makes sincerity difficult.
faithful fickle obscurity
Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end.
halos holiness fame
Fame now wears the halo that once crowned holiness.
mistake making-mistakes use
No use saying necessity is making a mistake.
time ambition mediocrity
Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
mortality postponement acquittal
Mortality: not acquittal but a series of postponements is what we hope for.
romantic enlightenment shadow
The Enlightenment needs more shadow; the Romantic Movement less.
whim wit
Wit: a whim followed by a wham.
sometimes enough yeah
Sometimes "Yes" is rhetoric enough.
like-love destruction ecstatic
Like love, destruction can be ecstatic.
time long silence
A quiet fool can go undiscovered for a long time.