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
boredom contradiction
A yawn is more disconcerting than a contradiction.
running boredom ennui
Adrenalin dispels boredom. Run, you sufferers from ennui! Run for your lives!
divorce boredom people
People are reluctant to cite boredom as grounds for divorce.
faith boredom bores
Faith of the bore: everything is worth saying.
boredom strive strife
Boredom strives to detach, but finds itself stuck.
boredom cures
A sure cure for boredom: fast until you are ravenous.
boredom deviance problem
Sexual boredom is ousting sexual deviance as the problem.
boredom hard
Yawns are hard to refute.
marriage greek married
The squabbles of philandering Zeus and shrewish Hera are the Greeks' comment on married life.
marriage way argument
Some marriages depend on domestic arguments the way the courts depend on litigation.
hope likes justification
Hope likes justification, but can do without.
pain names ideas
Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own.
pain pay attention
Pain pays no attention to moans or excuses.
self trying pity
If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity.