Aphorism Quote by Mason Cooley

The aphorism: a platitude that swerves, or slides all the way around.

— Mason Cooley

There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.

— Umberto Eco

The aphorism is a slippery plaything.

— Mason Cooley

An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late.

— James Alexander Thom

An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

— Winston Churchill

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I…

— James Geary

An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and illusions of…

— William C. Brown

“The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something helpful is…

— Lemony Snicket

An aphorism and its author aren't joined by a dash, but separated by it.

— John Alejandro King

Aphorisms may equivocate, but they must not wobble.

— Mason Cooley

My aphorisms have the power to translate my ideas into written words that clearly express my feelings and convictions.

— Jean-Paul Malfatti