Mason Cooley (1927 – July 25, 2002) was an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."
Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run.
Passion impels our deeds; ideology supplies the explanations.
Health can be squandered, but not stored up.
Our troubles keep us going.
Malevolence is shameful but satisfying.
Boredom makes me sleepy or restless.
Thoughts can be revised. Deeds cannot.
Orgies are an early form of what will someday become sex by committee.
Carnal knowledge is as forgettable as the other kinds.
Disobedient parents are a great trouble to their children.
The noble style immobilizes its subjects.
Discontented women dream of being rescued by Prince Charming. Discontented men dream of finding a horny blond in the back seat ofa taxi.
Imagination awakens ambition, then causes it to lose its way.
Inequality is a fact. Equality is a value.
Hope likes justification, but can do without.
Facts do not give advice.
Sentimentality is the respect the cold-hearted pay to feeling.
Eccentricity gives misfits a way of fitting in.
The best hand always believes in playing by the rules.
Without the blessing of cowardice, the world would long since have been torn to bits.