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
looks glamour eloquent
Glamour looks eloquent but seldom talks.
sports sex wrestling
Promiscuity turns sex into a sport, like arm-wrestling.
trying juan skeptical
Don Juan tries not to see the skeptical winks that greet his boasting.
dream optimism mobility
Promiscuity: optimism, free enterprise, mobility--the American Dream.
glasses steel skyscraper
A skyscraper is a boast in glass and steel.
wall water alive
Electricity, water, gas, and steam course through the walls of my building, keeping it alive.
silence scandal
Silence kills scandal.
stories conventions conventionality
Call on literary convention, and it will gladly tell your story for you.
children littles adults
As children, our protests availed little. As adults, the same.
doubt trails protest
My noisy denunciation trails off in doubt.
funeral gone prove
Funerals prove that someone is really gone.
harvest
Many attempt to harvest what was never planted.
break-a-leg broken inspire
Pornography does not inspire violence, but you can break a leg trying to imitate it.
tea electric pornography
Like an electric tea-kettle, pornography comes to a boil very fast.