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> [“The Professor shook his head. ‘On the contrary, my motives are most simple, to advance science and to combat evil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/the-professor-shook-his-head-on-the-contrary-my-motives-are-most/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

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> [“Omally shook his head. ‘Police stations are bad places to break into, this is well known.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/omally-shook-his-head-police-stations-are-bad-places-to-break-into/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

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## Other authors on Shook Head

## More by Robert Rankin

> [“...And there's the Midnight Growlers, a philosophical movement dedicated to high spiritual ideals and the pursuit of truth and -' Beer,' said Tinto.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/and-there-s-the-midnight-growlers-a-philosophical-movement-dedicated/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [“Need to get to Ruislip by sparrow-fart though', said the squadron leader. 'Think you can do that? Can I come along for the ride?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/need-to-get-to-ruislip-by-sparrow-fart-though-said-the-squadron/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [If there are no spots on a sugar cube then I’ve just put a dice in my tea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/if-there-are-no-spots-on-a-sugar-cube-then-i-ve-just-put-a-dice-in-my/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [“Pooley rose to investigate but the Professor restrained him with a firm and unyielding hand. Jim marvelled at the ancient’s newly acquired strength. ‘Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/pooley-rose-to-investigate-but-the-professor-restrained-him-with-a/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [“The hill road wound upwards, as hill roads do, unless you're coming down them, of course.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/the-hill-road-wound-upwards-as-hill-roads-do-unless-you-re-coming/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [“I know little of the Catholic faith,’ said Pooley, ‘who was Pope Alexander VI?’ ‘He was not what one would describe as a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/i-know-little-of-the-catholic-faith-said-pooley-who-was-pope/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [Because I'm a special gatekeeper. I'm the head gatekeeper. Because, although, as you can see, I'm only a head, I'm also the gatekeeper. Which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/because-i-m-a-special-gatekeeper-i-m-the-head-gatekeeper-because/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [“Her hair was simply red and her coat was deacon blue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/her-hair-was-simply-red-and-her-coat-was-deacon-blue/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [“I hope you grow up to be as good a mother as your father”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/i-hope-you-grow-up-to-be-as-good-a-mother-as-your-father/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [“There was a lot of joy to be had in the contemplation of a pint glass; in terms of plain reality of course, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/there-was-a-lot-of-joy-to-be-had-in-the-contemplation-of-a-pint-glass/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [Now, it's a fact well known to those who know it well that prophets of doom only attain popularity when they get the drinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/now-it-s-a-fact-well-known-to-those-who-know-it-well-that-prophets-of/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [“There were large and small ones too. And some quite in-between. But all of equal nastiness. And smelliness and ghastliness. For they would eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/there-were-large-and-small-ones-too-and-some-quite-in-between-but-all/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [What is believed to be a fact is only a fact until another fact supersedes it. Science is only a fashion. Nothing more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/what-is-believed-to-be-a-fact-is-only-a-fact-until-another-fact/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [I know that if I have been working on one paragraph and I have written it three times, it goes in the bin. Unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/i-know-that-if-i-have-been-working-on-one-paragraph-and-i-have/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

> [Science,' said Mr Anders Anders. 'Science, not magic. I told you before: when things are not as they appear to be, it's because they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-rankin/science-said-mr-anders-anders-science-not-magic-i-told-you-before/)

[Robert Rankin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-rankin/)

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