I've always been after the trappings of great luxury. But all I've got hold of are the trappings of great poverty. I've got hold of the wrong load of trappings, and a rotten load they are too, ones I could have very well done without.
Source: In The Penquin Dictionary Modern Humorous Quotations, by Fred Metclaf, 1986.
-- Peter Cook, (Nov 17 1937-1995), English actor, comedian; He won a Tony for Beyond the Fringe, 1963; his films included The Wrong Box, 1966.