148 "Pg Wodehouse" Quotes And Sayings

P.G. Wodehouse was an English humorist and novelist born on June 22, 1881, in Guildford, Surrey, England. He is best known as the creator of Bertie Wooster, a dapper young English gentleman who is the subject of many short stories. In 1926, his novel The Pothunters was adapted into a silent comedy film Read more

He died on 22 September 1975 in his home in Burghley Park, Northamptonshire, England.

The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but...
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The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number. P.g. Wodehouse
Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of...
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Marriage is not a process for prolonging the life of love, sir. It merely mummifies its corpse. P.g. Wodehouse
He had the look of one who had drunk the...
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He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom. P.g. Wodehouse
He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth...
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He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more. P.g. Wodehouse
It is a good rule in life never to apologize....
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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
There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers...
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There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"" The mood will pass, sir. P.g. Wodehouse
Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous.
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Red hair, sir, in my opinion, is dangerous. P.g. Wodehouse
I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was...
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.g. Wodehouse
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Freddie experienced the sort of abysmal soul-sadness which afflicts one of Tolstoy's Russian peasants when, after putting in a heavy day's work strangling his father, beating his wife, and dropping the baby into the city's reservoir, he turns to the cupboards, only to find the vodka bottle empty. P.g. Wodehouse
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I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping. P.g. Wodehouse
What ho!
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What ho! " I said." What ho! " said Motty."What ho! What ho! "" What ho! What ho! What ho! " After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation. P.g. Wodehouse
A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who...
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A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of one who has searched for the leak in life's gas-pipe with a lighted candle. P.g. Wodehouse
If there is one thing I dislike, it is the...
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If there is one thing I dislike, it is the man who tries to air his grievances when I wish to air mine. P.g. Wodehouse
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I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t remember what I did before that. Just loafed, I suppose. P.g. Wodehouse
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Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove. P.g. Wodehouse
I am not always good and noble. I am the...
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I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments. P.g. Wodehouse
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The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun. P.g. Wodehouse
Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have...
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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
There is only one cure for grey hair. It was...
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There is only one cure for grey hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. P.g. Wodehouse
You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound.
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You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound. P.g. Wodehouse