P. G. Wodehouse Quotes - Page 3

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• I attribute my whole success in life to a rigid observance of the fundamental rule - Never have yourself tattooed with any woman's name, not even her initials.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Names, Fundamentals, Success In Life

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• It is true of course, that I have a will of iron, but it can be switched off if the circumstances seem to demand it.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Iron, Demand, Circumstances

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• Oh, Jeeves,' I said; 'about that check suit.' Yes, sir?' Is it really a frost?' A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion.' But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is.' Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir.' He's supposed to be one of the best men in London.' I am saying nothing against his moral character, sir.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Character, Men, Order

  P. G. Wodehouse (2004). “Introducing Jeeves: Six Classic Stories”, p.65, Courier Corporation

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• Always get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off more than a big slab of prose at the start.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Speed, Bigs, Slabs

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• When you're alone you don't do much laughing.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Laughing

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• the supply of the milk of human kindness was short by several gallons

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Kindness, Milk, Gallons

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• The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Butterfly, Golf, Upset

  P. G. Wodehouse (2011). “The Clicking of Cuthbert”, p.128, The Floating Press

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• Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Moscow, Might, Mets

  P. G. Wodehouse (2008). “Mike: A Public School Story: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Intoxicated? The word did not express it by a mile. He was oiled, boiled, fried, plastered, whiffled, sozzled, and blotto.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Miles, Intoxicated

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• As for Gussie Finknottle, many an experienced undertaker would have been deceived by his appearance and started embalming on sight.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Depression, Sight, Appearance

  P. G. Wodehouse (2015). “Right Ho, Jeeves”, p.76, Booklassic

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• Luck is a goddess not to be coerced and forcibly wooed by those who seek her favours. From such masterful spirits she turns away. But it happens sometimes that, if we put our hand in hers with the humble trust of a little child, she will have pity on us, and not fail us in our hour of need.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Children, Humble, Good Luck

  P. G. Wodehouse (2009). “A Damsel in Distress: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.107, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Yield, Cities, Temptation

  P. G. Wodehouse (2015). “My Man Jeeves”, p.29, Booklassic

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• I'm all for rational enjoyment, and so forth, but I think a fellow makes himself conspicuous when he throws soft-boiled eggs at the electric fan

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Thinking, Eggs, Fans

  P. G. Wodehouse, David A. Jasen (1997). “Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories”, p.84, Courier Corporation

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• Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty, hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to talk French.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Men, Speaks French, Looks

  "The Luck of the Bodkins". Book by P. G. Wodehouse, 1935.

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• The drowsy stillness of the afternoon was shattered by what sounded to his strained senses like G.K. Chesterton falling on a sheet of tin.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Fall, Tin, Afternoon

  P. G. Wodehouse (1992). “Mr. Mulliner Speaking”, Random House (UK)

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• While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled. He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Voice, Feelings, Spokes

  1938 The Code of the Woosters, ch.1.

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• If it were not for quotations, conversations between gentlemen would consist of an endless series of 'what-ho!'s.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Gentleman, Conversation, Endless

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• One of the Georges - I forget which - once said that a certain number of hours´ sleep each night - I cannot recall at the moment how many - made a man something which for the time being has slipped my memory.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Memories, Sleep, Night

  P. G. Wodehouse (2012). “Something New: Or, Something Fresh”, p.192, The Floating Press

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• A certain critic -- for such men, I regret to say, do exist -- made the nasty remark about my last novel that it contained 'all the old Wodehouse characters under different names.' He has probably by now been eaten by bears, like the children who made mock of the prophet Elisha: but if he still survives he will not be able to make a similar charge against Summer Lightning. With my superior intelligence, I have out-generalled the man this time by putting in all the old Wodehouse characters under the same names. Pretty silly it will make him feel, I rather fancy.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Summer, Children, Regret

  P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “Summer Lightning: (Blandings Castle)”, p.10, Random House

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• It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a twitter at the prospect of putting it into practical effect. I explained this to Jeeves, and he said much the same thing had bothered Hamlet.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Ideas, Principles, Jeeves

  P.G. Wodehouse (2017). “Classic Wodehouse”, p.334, Random House

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• There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Humorous, Hair, Getting Older

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• Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his head first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate. All the unhappy marriages come from husbands having brains. What good are brains to a man? They only unsettle him.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Husband, Men, Brain

  The Adventures of Sally (1920) ch. 10

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• Oh, I don't know, you know, don't you know?

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Knows

  P. G. Wodehouse (2004). “Introducing Jeeves: Six Classic Stories”, p.139, Courier Corporation

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• It was one of those days you sometimes get latish in the autumn when the sun beams, the birds toot, and there is a bracing tang in the air that sends the blood beetling briskly through the veins.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Autumn, Air, Blood

  P.G. Wodehouse (2012). “The World of Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)”, p.626, Random House

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• I suppose half the time Shakespeare just shoved down anything that came into his head.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Half

  P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “Joy in the Morning: (Jeeves & Wooster)”, p.141, Random House

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