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title: "1 Great Poverty Quotes By Peter Cook"
description: "1 Great Poverty quotes by Peter Cook. Plus more from Peter Cook and more Great Poverty sayings from other authors."
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> [“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 of the wrong load of trappings, and a rotten load they are too, ones I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-ve-always-been-after-the-trappings-of-great-luxury-but-all-i-ve-got/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/peter-cook-20164_done_i-ve-always-been-after-the-trappings-of_5397.jpg)

## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-ve-always-been-after-the-trappings-of-great-luxury-but-all-i-ve-got/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-have-learned-from-my-mistakes-and-i-am-sure-i-can-repeat-them/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [I didn't know dirty words could be done that artfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-didn-t-know-dirty-words-could-be-done-that-artfully/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/there-s-terrific-merit-in-having-no-sense-of-humour-no-sense-of-irony/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [I am very interested in the Universe - I am specialising in the Universe and all that surrounds it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-am-very-interested-in-the-universe-i-am-specialising-in-the/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [Everything I've ever told you, including this, is a lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/everything-i-ve-ever-told-you-including-this-is-a-lie/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [Job was what you'd technically describe as a loony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/job-was-what-you-d-technically-describe-as-a-loony/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/the-thing-that-makes-you-know-that-vernon-ward-is-a-good-painter-is/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [One of the ways to avoid being beaten by the system is to laugh at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/one-of-the-ways-to-avoid-being-beaten-by-the-system-is-to-laugh-at-it/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/1-total-domination-of-the-world-by-1958-2-domination-of-the-astral/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [I went to the University of Life and was chucked out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-went-to-the-university-of-life-and-was-chucked-out/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [You realize that suicide's a criminal offense. In less enlightened times they'd have hung you for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/you-realize-that-suicide-s-a-criminal-offense-in-less-enlightened/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [The garden of Eden was a boggy swamp just south of Croydon. You can see it over there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/the-garden-of-eden-was-a-boggy-swamp-just-south-of-croydon-you-can/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [“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 an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-ve-always-wanted-to-be-an-expert-on-tadpoles-i-ve-always-fancied/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

> [“I may have done some other things as good but I am sure none better. I haven't matured, progressed, grown, become deeper, wiser, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cook/i-may-have-done-some-other-things-as-good-but-i-am-sure-none-better-i/)

[Peter Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cook/)

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