Creative Quotations from . . .
Alistair Cooke
(1908-2004) born on Nov 20
English-US broadcast journalist. He is best known for his lively and insightful interpretations of American history and culture.
 
   
F
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.

R
Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.
A
Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.
N
A professional is a man who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it.
K
"As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Book of Success," ed. Richard Shea, 1993."
R: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
A: ""Talk About America," ch. 8, 1968."
N: "In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992."
K: "In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."



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