Robin Cook Quotes

#1. I can't look at John Prescott without thinking of Les Dawson, and Robin Cook is a caricature of himself.

Rory Bremner

#2. He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]

John Prescott

#3. On Foreign Secretary Robin Cook: If a man cannot keep a measly affair secret, what is he doing in charge of the Intelligence Service?

Frederick Forsyth

#4. the strongest man is he who stands most alone

Henrik Ibsen

#5. I speak with my father about everything in my life.

Jared Kushner

#6. I can't accept collective responsibility for the decision to commit Britain now to military action in Iraq without international agreement or domestic support.

Robin Cook

#7. Saddam is neither friend nor brother to us, and he will never pay off debts to us. It's the question of precedent: today the United States doesn't like Iraq, tomorrow Syria, then Iran, North Korea and then what: everyone else?

Robin Cook

#8. Medical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them.

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#9. Also," droned Helen, "Dr. Clinton Clark, Chief of Gynecology called, not his secretary, the doctor himself. And he sounded very angry. He wants you to call. And Mr. Drake wants a call too." The printout

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#10. When people have good energy I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.

Jean Paul Gaultier

#11. Surgeons know nothing but do everything. Internists know everything but do nothing. Pathologists know everything and do everything but too late.

Robin Cook

#12. I may not have succeeded in halting the war, but I did secure the right of parliament to decide on war.

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#13. Chicken masala is now Britain's true national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.

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#14. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it's a duck!

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#15. The imaginations of believers have dressed up and exaggerated the excellence of the style and matter of the New Testament generally, in the same manner, in which they have the moral instructions of Jesus.

Lysander Spooner

#16. Consider your duty done," said Mannerheim, looking back into his expanding incision. Philips

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#17. It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?

Douglas Adams

#18. And women, I am afraid, are not always quite as fair as they should be.

Bram Stoker

#19. Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion,'

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#20. Tony Blair has to consider very carefully to what extent he can leave Britain, the party and the nation guessing as to when exactly he might go.

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#21. Blue is no longer blue; it is the blue of the summer sky when it's is hot enough to cook eggs on the sidewalk or the blue of robin's egg just before a chick hatches. Or it's the blue that comes from the feeling of calm when they are holding each other close but aren't saying anything.

Christina Escamilla

#22. Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.

Harry Truman

#23. There were no international terrorists in Iraq until we went in. It was we who gave the perfect conditions in which Al Qaeda could thrive.

Robin Cook

#24. George snapped irritably. But the circumstances

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#25. She thought about how marvelous is would be to have a wife keeping the house in order, the meals on the table. At the same time it seemed ridiculously unfair that she could never have a wife. In fact, if she married, she would be expected to be the wife.

Robin Cook

#26. Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.

Robin Williams

#27. The world is full of challenges, but with those come opportunity, and I'm an opportunist.

Homaro Cantu

#28. Chicken Tikka Massala is now a true British national dish

Robin Cook