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
ignorance invincible infallibility
Infallibility and invincible ignorance are the same thing.
funny laughing would-be
A laughing Lear would be monstrous. Not so a laughing Romeo and Juliet.
art sex drug
Spirituality now wanders from sex to drugs to art to revolution to violence--whatever seems to promise deliverance from the quotidian.
stoicism behavior ifs
What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?
tolerance contempt placid
Tolerance is a placid contempt.
law poverty wealth
Wealth makes the laws that poverty must obey.
towns wealth affluent
I feel affluent or not according to what part of town I am in.
inspiration delight irony
The ironies in the commonplace are my inspiration and delight.
commitment responsibility irony
By multiplying ironies, I evade commitments.
strong irony enough
Irony dissolves sentiment, but occasionally a sentiment is strong enough to dissolve irony.
age thank-god cuisine
Thank God for the passing of the discomforts and vile cuisine of the age of chivalry!
pain real joy
Many pains are imaginary, but all joys are real.
trying wave disaster
When disaster waves, I try not to wave back.
moments hours eloquence
A moment of eloquence enthralls us. An hour's worth leaves us stupefied.