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
bottles gleam towers
For some, bottles of liquor gleam like the towers of Eldorado.
substitution depends reversal
Perversity depends on reversal and substitution.
austerity causes excess
Austerity causes constipation; excess, diarrhea.
theme repetition autobiography
The theme of my autobiography could only be repetition.
sulking resentment silent
Sulking is silent because speaking would reveal its folly.
over-you acknowledge limitation
Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you.
good-man vulnerable manners
Good manners protect the privileged, but leave the unprivileged more vulnerable.
oatmeal alcohol dieting
I am forbidden sugar, fat, and alcohol. So hooray, I guess, for oatmeal, lemon juice, and chicken soup.
time age gone
Age: I go slower as time goes faster.
time making-love ruins
Lack of reciprocity ruins friendships, but makes love affairs exciting for a time.
old-things routine same-old-thing
The same old thing--even if it's champagne--is still the same old thing.
time routine comfort
Repetition comforts me for a time, then closes in.
scott-fitzgerald talent prolonging
F. Scott Fitzgerald thought that prolonging his adolescence would protect his talent.
gullible swindlers gullibility
Swindlers are notoriously gullible.