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
time ambition mediocrity
Neat trick: to be roused to ambition and reconciled to one's mediocrity at the same time.
mistake making-mistakes use
No use saying necessity is making a mistake.
hero
Necessity makes heroes of us all.
children power innocence
Children must be protected not because they are innocent but because they are powerless.
children parent doctrine
Liberal Doctrine: it is not children who misbehave, but parents.
children ignorance terror
Children would die of terror if they knew the folly and ignorance of their caretakers.
children parent natural
Children consider disliking their parents natural, but if the dislike is returned, they are outraged.
character crisis
A crisis unmasks everyone.
character emergencies faults
Small faults and virtues are for daily life. The big ones are for emergencies.
character describing my-own
In describing someone's character, I reveal my own.
world
Most of us live in a world that has ceased to exist.
needs world
The world needs an enema.
halos holiness fame
Fame now wears the halo that once crowned holiness.
faithful fickle obscurity
Fame is fickle, but Obscurity is usually faithful to the end.