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
looks appearance glances
In new situations, I look carefully at appearances. In familiar ones, I glance.
boys ambitious quiet
A quiet well-behaved boy is likely to be both frightened and ambitious.
knives may retreat
The plastic surgeon's knife slashes at time, which may seem to retreat, but then keeps on coming.
overcoming doe flattery
Flattery has to overcome my mistrust, and it does.
flattery please fastidious
Flatter me, but delicately, please, for I am fastidious.
real age libel
Middle-aged adolescents are a libel on the real thing.
people age twenties
People who behave at forty as they did at twenty must sometimes wonder why their charm is not working.
age eras worship
Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age.
up-in-the-air noses gone
If your nose is up in the air, you cannot see where you are going.
should existence plans
If you should ever acknowledge my existence, I plan to snub you.
friends vanity
Your vanity and my vanity will never be friends.
lying vanity healthy
Healthy vanity sweeps through life. Sickly vanity lies in bed.
vanity spiteful hungry
Vanity well fed is benevolent. Vanity hungry is spiteful.
dutch painting daily-life
Dutch painting: daily life is enough.