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Alistair Cooke Quotes

Alistair Cooke quotes

American Journalist November 20, 1908 – March 30, 2004

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In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the first place: the opportunity to do good work, to enjoy friends, to fall in love, to hit a ball, and to bounce a baby. Alistair Cooke
Curiosity…endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will. Alistair Cooke
The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "A professional is someone who can do his best work when he..."
A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it. Alistair Cooke
People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "It's an acting job - acting natural."
It's an acting job - acting natural. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper."
Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "Canned music is like audible wallpaper."
Canned music is like audible wallpaper. Alistair Cooke
These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "Every sport pretends to be literature. . ."
Every sport pretends to be literature. . . Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of..."
Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "New York is the biggest collection of villages in the world."
New York is the biggest collection of villages in the world. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean..."
People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence."
Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence. Alistair Cooke
Alistair Cooke quote: "Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular..."
Hollywood grew to be the most flourishing factory of popular mythology since the Greeks. Alistair Cooke

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