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
congratulations self egotism
Self-congratulation pleases only the speaker.
desire endure altruism
Altruism is for those who cannot endure their desires.
lazy earth laziness
The lazy manage to keep up with the earth's rotation just as well as the industrious.
waiting laziness circumstances
To avoid doing anything, wait for the right circumstances.
pain distance comedy
Comedy distances pain, but leaves signs of it everywhere.
comedy surface profundity
Comedy is hostile to profundity, and brings everything to the surface.
luck lucky assuming
Always assume that a lucky hit will not be repeated.
luck merit aspiration
My aspiration now is to get by luck what I could not get by merit.
luck bad-luck exception
Most bad luck is the misfortune of not being an exception.
satisfaction enough
Enough is ever-receding.
baby ideas lovers
The lover as baby is a less troubling idea than the baby as lover.
truth disillusionment
Disillusionment is not truth.
father way remember
No one could be the way I remember my father.
sympathy father silence
I answered my father's demands for sympathy with silence.