Mason Cooley Quotes

Mason Cooley was an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."He was professor emeritus of French, speech and world literature at the College of Staten Island.

Birth: July 25, 2002 - Death: May 26, 2020

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

A budget takes the fun out of money.

Topic(s): Fun , Money , Budgets

Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience.

Topic(s): Excellent , Indifference , Substitutes

Now that I see you understand me so well, I will avoid you.

Topic(s): Wells , Knowledge , Understand Me

Silence is the most intolerable of answers.

Topic(s): Answers , Silence , Silence Is

Experience is a great spoiler of pleasures.

Topic(s): Pleasure , Experience , Spoilers

Acknowledge your limitations or they will tyrannize over you.

Topic(s): Limitation , Acknowledge , Over You

Like love, destruction can be ecstatic.

Topic(s): Destruction , Ecstatic , Like Love

When a modest man praises himself, people listen.

Topic(s): People , Men , Praise

Most bad luck is the misfortune of not being an exception.

Topic(s): Luck , Exception , Misfortunes

Pornography and cooking shows have created two new spectator sports.

Topic(s): Two , Shows , Sports

Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment.

Topic(s): Self , Vices , Enjoyment

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