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
plato philosophy philosophical
Plato's Symposium shows that flirtation and philosophy can further one another.
ideas misery arise
Beggars remind us that not all miseries arise from our ideas.
love-making midst description
Even in the midst of love-making, writers are working on the description.
responsibility leaving-me persons
To avoid taking responsibility, I become unresponsive but hang on until the other person leaves me.
kings power lions
The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.
conformity breathe easier
Conformity makes everything easier, if you can still breathe.
disappointment expectations prove
Disappointment proves that expectations were mistaken.
disappointment
We express disappointment in everything except ourselves.
disappointment remember feels
I feel disappointed, but I don't remember just what I expected.
culture form expensive
Being cultured is the least expensive form of respectability.
loss progress may
Progress may feel more like loss than gain.
self earning social
I create my social existence by earning and spending.
self people satisfaction
Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?
self dwarves what-if
Self-realization sounds good. But what if only an enraged dwarf emerges?