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
writing ifs
Shaw writes as if it were always midday.
time making-love ruins
Lack of reciprocity ruins friendships, but makes love affairs exciting for a time.
tears cry makers
Tears are great peace-makers.
guilty ifs
If you belong to the underclass, you are already guilty.
exclusion elegance thrive
Elegance thrives on exclusion.
children joy parent
Every parent can imagine the joys of child abuse.
practice broken promise
To learn a vocation, you also have to learn the frauds it practices and the promises it breaks.
care fairness open-minded
I am open-minded on all questions I care nothing about.
scott-fitzgerald talent prolonging
F. Scott Fitzgerald thought that prolonging his adolescence would protect his talent.
alzheimers progress aids
Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress.
sacrifice self demand
Self-sacrifice usually contains an unspoken demand for payment.
ideas attractive thrift
Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.
book modernism hard
Modernism: the books are as hard to understand as life itself.
worry priorities firsts
I put second things first, and then worry about first things.