Cook

Famous quotes containing the word cook:

    “‘Oh, I am a cook and a captain bold,
    And the mate of the Nancybrig,
    And a bos’sun tight, and a midshipmite,
    And the crew of the captain’s gig!”’”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “To cook a pig, apply heat; to win a lawsuit, apply money.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth; but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but with the necessary conveniences so much sought after in Europe; they are happy in not knowing the use of them.”
    —James, Captain Cook (1728–1779)