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
categories restaurants menus
Undecidability is a useful category even in dealing with restaurant menus.
thinking decision important
Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.
faith betrayal ambiguity
Bad faith makes the most of every ambiguity.
passionate indecision states
Some live in a state of passionate indecision.
facts idealism idealist
The idealist regards facts as provisional.
worry ordinary watches
I reject all evidence that my fabulous beloved is an ordinary person who worries, watches TV, and has bouts of indigestion.
ideas fit chairs
The chair as ideas fits only the bottom as idea.
pursuit idealism absolutes
Pursuit of the approximate can conclude. Not so pursuit of the absolute.
mind watches ecstasy
Even in rapture, part of the mind watches.
boredom sleepy restless
Boredom makes me sleepy or restless.
boredom bored trying
When I am bored with myself, I try to find someone to listen to me.
bullying boredom please
Eagerness to please attracts bullies and bores.
boredom enough oneself
One eventually has enough even of oneself.
letting-go wedding boredom
The Ancient Mariner seizes the guest at the wedding feast and will not let go until he has told all his story: the prototype of the bore.