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P. G. Wodehouse quotes about good

English Writer, Playwright October 15, 1881 – February 14, 1975

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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
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
The years fell away from him till, in an instant, from being a rather poorly preserved, liverish greybeard of sixty-five or so, he became a sprightly lad of twenty-one in a world of springtime and flowers and laughing brooks. In other words, taking it by and large, George felt pretty good. The impossible had happened; Heaven had sent him an adventure, and he didn't care if it snowed. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "A girl who bonnets a policeman with an ashcan full of bottles..."
A girl who bonnets a policeman with an ashcan full of bottles is obviously good wife-and-mother timber. P. G. Wodehouse
You probably think that being a guest in your aunt's house I would hesitate to butter you all over the front lawn and dance on the fragments in hobnailed boots, but you are mistaken. It would be a genuine pleasure. By an odd coincidence I brought a pair of hobnailed boots with me!' So saying, and recognising a good exit line when he saw one, he strode out, and after an interval of tense meditation I followed him. (Spode to Wooster) P. G. Wodehouse
Bertie," he said, "I want your advice."Carry on."At least, not your advice, because that wouldn't be much good to anybody. I mean, you're a pretty consummate old [prat], aren't you? Not that I want to hurt your feelings, of course."No, no, I see that."What I wish you to do is put the whole thing to that fellow Jeeves of yours, and see what he suggests. P. G. Wodehouse
This was not Aunt Dahlia, my good and kindly aunt, but my Aunt Agatha, the one who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good..."
The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "Good God, Clarence! You look like a bereaved tapeworm."
Good God, Clarence! You look like a bereaved tapeworm. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "Has anybody ever seen a drama critic in the daytime? Of course..."
Has anybody ever seen a drama critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good. P. G. Wodehouse
Well, why do you want a political career? Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good square look at the inmates? As weird a gaggle of freaks and sub-humans as was ever collected in one spot. P. G. Wodehouse
I'm bound to say that New York's a topping place to be exiled in. Everybody was awfully good to me, and there seemed to be plenty of things going on, and I'm a wealthy bird, so everything was fine. P. G. Wodehouse
I wouldn’t have a face like that,’ proceeded the child, with a good deal of earnestness, ‘not if you gave me a million dollars.’ He thought for a moment, then corrected himself. ‘Two million dollars!’ he added. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story,..."
I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments. P. G. Wodehouse
It is no use telling me there are bad aunts and good aunts. At the core, they are all alike. Sooner or later, out pops the cloven hoof. P. G. Wodehouse

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