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
worry priorities firsts
I put second things first, and then worry about first things.
literary-theory firsts literature
First literature came to refer only to itself, the literary theory.
success hands firsts
I would enjoy experiencing the hollowness of success at first- hand.
firsts steps belief
Attacking a belief can be the first step toward embracing it.
work firsts rescue
Work at first rescues us, then ravages us.
firsts sin slips
Original sin reassures us that our slip was not the first.
truth firsts
Truth usually stammers at first.
procrastination choices firsts
Later is always my first choice.
nice literature hobbies
Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
im-sorry sorry mistrust
Mistrust makes life difficult. Trust makes it risky.
stories literature insult
Modern literature seduces with insults, riddles, and inside stories.
beginning-middle-and-end abandoned ends
The beginning, middle, and end are parodied, reversed, and hidden by modernism, but not abandoned.
modern paint depiction
Modern pictures banish depiction for interfering with the workings of paint.
freedom lateness late
Always late: thus I make you the prisoner of my freedom.