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
pain consciousness pleasure
Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.
puritan pleasure duty
The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.
people imagine certain
People often imagine that being hard to please confers a certain superiority.
gone pleasure sour
Nothing goes sour more easily than the life of pleasure.
pleasure pursue
I pursue pleasure, but stingily, suspiciously.
misery pleasure
I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.
missing purpose reviews
As I review my life, I feel I must have missed the point, either then or now.
pain killers violence
Violence stops thought. Hence its popularity as a pain-killer.
distance dignity
No dignity without distance.
may dignity forget
I may forget my dignity, but you may not.
food cities strange
In a strange city, I connect through food and fantasy.
food together may
We may eat dinner together, but everyone puts the food in his own mouth.
food promise eating
Health foods make promises that only the Second Coming could fulfill.
philosophy dinner eating
As a comforter, philosophy cannot compete with a good dinner.