147 quotes
Dark hair fell in a sweep over his forehead. He looked like a man who would write vers libre, as indeed he did.
The Girl on the Boat (1922)
He was not a man who prattled readily, especially in a foreign tongue. He gave the impression that each word was excavated from his interior by some up-to-date process of mining.
The Clicking Of Cuthbert (1922)
'There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, "Do trousers matter?"'
‘The mood will pass, sir.’
The Code of the Woosters (1938)
In one second, without any previous training or upbringing, he had become the wettest man in Worcestershire.
Very Good, Jeeves (1930)
We do not tell old friends beneath our roof-tree that they are an offence to the eyesight.
Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.' (quoting John Greenleaf Whittier)
The Man Upstairs (1914)
His whole aspect was that of a man who has unexpectedly been struck by lightning.
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940)
My Aunt Agatha, the curse of the Home Counties and a menace to one and all.
Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
He had never acted in his life, and couldn't play the pin in Pinafore.
The Luck of the Bodkins (1935)
‘Stinko, is he?’
'Not perhaps stinko, but certainly effervescent.’
Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves (1963)
'You can't be a successful Dictator and design women's underclothing.'
'No, sir.'
'One or the other. Not both.'
'Precisely, sir.'
The Code of the Woosters (1938)
Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.
The Adventures of Sally (1922)
There are girls, few perhaps but to be found if one searches carefully, who when their advice is ignored and disaster ensues, do not say "I told you so". Mavis was not of their number.
Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin (1972)
He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the leg.
Eggs, Beans and Crumpets (1940)
'Yes, sir,' said Jeeves in a low, cold voice, as if he had been bitten in the leg by a personal friend.
Carry On, Jeeves (1925)
His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle.
The Girl in Blue (1970)
A slight throbbing about the temples told me that this discussion had reached saturation point.
Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
Has anybody ever seen a drama critic in the daytime? Of course not. They come out after dark, up to no good.
The Adventures of Sally (1922)
I charged into something which might have been a tree, but was not — being, in point of fact, Jeeves.
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Right Ho, Jeeves (1934)
As plainly as if it had been the top line on the oculist’s chart I could see what the future held for Bertram.
Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (1954)