Opponents accused the candidate of taking a 'cookie-cutter' approach to the problem. [=of not coming up with new ideas to deal with the problem]
I'm disappointed that I didn't get the job but 'that's the way the cookie crumbles'. [='that's how it goes']
Don't worry about her—she's a 'tough cookie'.
(..) The only time they tell the truth is if they're having pain. You get a -month-old child, knows when to lie. You see, the child crawls into the cupboard to get its favorite cookie. -month-old child knows where the cupboard is, knows where its favorite cookie is, and it will open it up and sit down and take the cookie and you go over. You try to get the cookie from the child, which is also a contest. ''Here, let me have it.'' l've tried to take things away from grown people, (..)1983 Bill Cosby: Himself