Quotes
Authors
Peter Cook
"I would like to like to make one thing clear at the very outset and that is, when you speak of a train robbery, this involved no loss of train, merely what I like to call the contents of the train, which were pilfered. We haven't lost a train since 1946, I believe it was - the year of the great snows when we mislaid a small one." --
Source : Peter Cook, William Cook (2013). “Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Comedy of Peter Cook”, p.53, Random House
Peter Cook
#Believe Quotes
#Loss Quotes
#Years Quotes
“...Families are Forever, and wondered if the slogan was meant as a promise or a threat.”
Source : Brady Udall (2013). “The Lonely Polygamist”, p.339, Random House
“I actually was worried about the pounding, but I actually love running more than working out on the elliptical. Now if I get on the elliptical, I feel like I'm trapped.”
“After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving behind the secretive sounds, the shy sounds, the whispers and conversations of moss disputing with grass over some soft piece of earth, or the hummingbird snoring.”
Source : N. D. Wilson (2008). “Leepike Ridge”, p.17, Random House Books for Young Readers
“Music stops you from thinking.”
“The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.”
“Baby, baby, don't get hooked on me, cause I'll just use you then I'll set you free.”
Source : Song: Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me
“We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not us to degrade other countries...I want the freedom of my country so that other countries may learn something from my free country so that the resources of my country might be utilized for the benefit of mankind.”
“Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.”
