Failure Quotes by Peter Cook

“I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've got hold…

— Peter Cook

I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly

— Peter Cook

I didn't know dirty words could be done that artfully.

— Peter Cook

There's terrific merit in having no sense of humour, no sense of irony, practically no sense of anything at all. If you're born with…

— Peter Cook

I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.

— Peter Cook

Everything I've ever told you, including this, is a lie.

— Peter Cook

Job was what you'd technically describe as a loony.

— Peter Cook

The thing that makes you know that Vernon Ward is a good painter is if you look at his ducks, you can see the…

— Peter Cook

One of the ways to avoid being beaten by the system is to laugh at it.

— Peter Cook

“1. Total domination of the world by 1958. 2. Domination of the astral spheres quite soon too. 3. The finding of lovely ladies for…

— Peter Cook

I went to the University of Life and was chucked out.

— Peter Cook

You realize that suicide's a criminal offense. In less enlightened times they'd have hung you for it.

— Peter Cook