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
may rich easy
The poor live slow and hard; the rich, fast and easy. The rest of us shuffle along as we may.
world poverty tin
Modernized by tin roofs and T-shirts, Third World poverty is no longer picturesque.
past doe depends
The power of the past does not depend on our knowledge of it.
past betray
The present necessarily betrays the past.
past wind tripping
To avoid tripping on the chain of the past, you have to pick it up and wind it about you.
past issues people
The past goes right on pulling me apart, though I can scarcely remember the people or the issues.
past may way
Studying the past may suggest new ways of going wrong.
past waiting always-waiting
The past is always waiting to entangle and deflect us.
sincerity difficult
Intelligence makes sincerity difficult.
guarantees sincerity
Sincerity guarantees nothing but itself.
travel home thinking
Travelling, I worry about luggage, prices, and strange food. At home, I am free to broaden my mind by thinking about the higher things.
perfection
Few things are worth doing perfectly.
eggs perfection want
The egg is the symbol of perfection. Do you want an egg?
sports two cooking
Pornography and cooking shows have created two new spectator sports.