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P. G. Wodehouse quotes

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

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P. G. Wodehouse quote: "Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold..."
Birds, except when broiled and in the society of a cold bottle, bored him stiff. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "You're one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving..."
You're one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It's a great gift. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "Didn't Frankenstein get married?"Did he?" said Eggy. "I don't..."
Didn't Frankenstein get married?"Did he?" said Eggy. "I don't know. I never met him. Harrow man, I expect. P. G. Wodehouse
...there was practically one handwriting common to the whole school when it came to writing lines. It resembled the movements of a fly that had fallen into an ink-pot, and subsequently taken a little brisk exercise on a sheet of foolscap by way of restoring the circulation. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind..."
He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons. P. G. Wodehouse
I tried to utter, but could not. The tongue had got all tangled up with the uvula, and the brain seemed paralyzed. I was feeling the same stunned feeling which, I imagine, Chichester Clam must have felt as the door of the potting shed slammed and he heard Boko starting to yodel without -- a nightmare sensation of being but a helpless pawn in the hands of Fate. P. G. Wodehouse
The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured cosiness. P. G. Wodehouse
The silly ass had left the kitchen door open, and I hadn't gone two steps when his voice caught me squarely in the eardrum.'You will find Mr Wooster', he was saying to the substitue chappie, 'an extremely pleasant and amiable young gentleman, but not intelligent. By no means intelligent. Mentally he is negligible - quite negligible'. Well, I mean to say. What! I suppose, strictly speaking, I ought to have charged in and ticked the blighter off properly in no uncertain voice. But I doubht... P. G. Wodehouse
It was one of the most disgusting spectacles I've ever seen-- this white-haired old man, who should have been thinking of the hereafter, standing there lying like an actor. P. G. Wodehouse
[A]lways 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."(Interview, The Paris Review, Issue 64, Winter 1975) P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "To find a man's true character, play golf with him."
To find a man's true character, play golf with him. P. G. Wodehouse
More and more clearly as the scones disappeared into his interior he saw that what the sensible man wanted was a wife and a home with scones like these always at his diposal. P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them..."
He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the leg. P. G. Wodehouse
The first intimation I had that things were about to hot up was a pained and disapproving cough from the neighbourhood of the carpet. P. G. Wodehouse
He was a Frenchman, a melancholy-looking man. His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle. P. G. Wodehouse

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