Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley (1927-2002) was an aphorist, a writer of pithy sayings. He is quoted extensively in various collections of quotations and compiled his own several-volume collection called City Aphorisms.

Last updated: September 03, 2008.

Quotes:

"Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying."

"Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual."

"The routines of tourism are even more monotonous than those of daily life."

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."

He was professor emeritus of English, speech and world literature at the College of Staten Island. He was also an assistant professor of English at Columbia University from 1959 to 1967 and an adjunct professor from 1980 to 1988.

He received his B.A. from San Diego State University and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley.

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