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
remember forget
Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.
safe rooms timidity
Timidity keeps me safe and sad in a narrow room.
lyrical ugliness
Beauty is lyrical. Ugliness is elegiac.
poetry deeds titles
Title deeds generally outlast poems.
poetry machines bees
When poets go off the boil, they sound like bumble bees; when critics do, they sound like sewing machines.
poetry gaps muse
Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter.
money religion may
The worship of Mammon may be vulgar or immoral, but it persists while other religions falter and disappear.
beauty beautiful people
Beautiful people are forgiven more often than the rest.
beauty guarantees world
Beauty and virtue: the most kissable ass in the world is no guarantee of good intentions.
beauty reason
Beauty compels us; reason merely cajoles.
wall thoughtful boys
A small boy puts his hand on the wall, and looks down intently as he wriggles his toes. The birth of thought?
thoughtful thinking years
Every few years something new breaks into the circle of my thoughts.
mind age aging
With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.
growing aging life-is
The imaginary audience for my life is growing small and silent.