Monday 17 November 2014

17th November: Peter Cook

Actor, comedian and writer Peter Cook would have been 77 today. 10 Peter Cook quotes:



  1. I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.
  2. I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly.
  3. One of the ways to avoid being beaten by the system is to laugh at it.
  4. Everything I've ever told you, including this, is a lie.
  5. I go to the theatre to be entertained... I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy and drug addiction... I can get all that at home.
  6. I would much prefer to be a judge than a coal miner because of the absence of falling coal.
  7. I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty.
  8. I've always wanted to be an expert on tadpoles. I've always fancied being a tadpole expert. It's a wonderful life if you become and experty tadpoleous, as they are known in the trade. You get invited to all the smart parties and social gatherings.
  9. I saw an advertisement the other day for the secret of life. It said "The secret of life can be yours for twenty-five shillings. Sent to Secret of Life Institute, Willesden." So I wrote away, seemed a good bargain, secret of life, twenty-five shillings. And I got a letter back saying, "If you think you can get the secret of life for twenty-five shillings, you don't deserve to have it. Send fifty shillings for the secret of life."
  10. We've all got royal blood in our veins, you know. It's the best place for it in my view.



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