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
father matriarchy patriarch
My father was a patriarch inside a matriarchy, but never knew it.
trying wave disaster
When disaster waves, I try not to wave back.
pain real joy
Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real.
commitment responsibility irony
By multiplying ironies, I evade commitments.
stoicism behavior ifs
What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?
funny laughing would-be
A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet.
ignorance invincible infallibility
Infallibility and invincible ignorance are the same thing.
methodology ideology
Methodology is applied ideology.
indifference ideology hostility
Ideologies can survive hostility, but not indifference.
broken break-out reason
Reason cannot break out of its own loop.
elderly dinner-guests may
The irrational may be attractive in the abstract, but not in cab drives, dinner guests, or elderly relatives.
smell sight intuition
Reason is sight. Instinct is touch. Intuition is smell.
sacred reason sacred-texts
Sacred texts always offend reason.
laughter lust scare
Laughter scares off lust.