13 Quotes & Sayings By P G Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse was an English writer who wrote more than 80 novels, short stories, plays, screenplays and several books of poetry. He is best remembered for his comic novels "Jeeves and Wooster" and "Psmith, Journalist" Read more

Yet his works are quite diverse, ranging from the contemporary tragicomic play "The Man Who Knew Too Much" to social criticism. Wodehouse was also a prolific playwright. Many of his plays were produced on Broadway in New York City, with the most famous being the Jeeves and Wooster series that continued into the 1960s.

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As a rule from what I've observed the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again. P. G. Wodehouse
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He looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say "when." P. G. Wodehouse
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Why don't you get a haircut you look like a chrysanthemum. P. G. Wodehouse
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The butler entered the room a solemn procession of one. P. G. Wodehouse
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It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. P. G. Wodehouse
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To find a man's true character, play golf with him. P. G. Wodehouse
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Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well. P. G. Wodehouse
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It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought. P. G. Wodehouse
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Flowers are happy things. P. G. Wodehouse
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Memories are like mulligatawny soup in a cheap restaurant. It is best not to stir them. P. G. Wodehouse
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Why don't you get a haircut? You look like a chrysanthemum. P. G. Wodehouse
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Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth. It is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character. P. G. Wodehouse