P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
1881–1975 England
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse KBE (/ˈwʊdhaʊs/; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English comic writer who enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years.
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Also known as: P G Wodehouse, PG Wodehouse, Wodehouse, Wodehouse, P. G.
147 quotes
Never put anything on paper, my boy, and never trust a man with a small black moustache.
It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.
It just showed once again that half the world doesn’t know how the other three quarters live.
“...These trousers may sit well, but, if they do, it is because the pockets are empty.”
And she's got brains enough for two, which is the exact quantity the girl who marries you will need.
‘And shove him into a dungeon with dripping walls and see to it that he is well gnawed by rats.’
He groaned slightly and winced, like Prometheus watching his vulture dropping in for lunch.
Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.
Bradbury Fisher shuddered from head to foot, and his legs wobbled like asparagus stalks.
‘You’re one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It’s a great gift.’
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: P. G. Wodehouse (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.