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
respect heart feelings
Sentimentality is the respect the cold-hearted pay to feeling.
friends drinking accomplices
Drunks do not have friends, but accomplices.
intelligence fright predatory
Intelligence is predatory, but full of fastidiousness and frights.
power intelligence
Intelligence without power cannibalizes itself.
intelligence isolation turns
Intelligence in isolation turns to aimless marauding.
money divorce lovers
Lovers' quarrels are not generally about money. Divorce cases generally are.
equality hierarchy seeming
Every seeming equality conceals a hierarchy.
kings equality giving
Giving out crowns to everyone will not make a nation of kings.
equality facts inequality
Inequality is a fact. Equality is a value.
death goal construction
Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.
leadership done
Beware of wallflowers. They expect to have everything done for them.
children father childhood
As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father.
joy childhood listening
I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues.
decision inevitable absent
Most of my decisions in life seem absent-minded but inevitable.