He enjoys that perfect peace, that peace beyond all understanding, which comes to its maximum only to the man who has given up golf. P. G. Wodehouse More Quotes by P. G. Wodehouse More Quotes From P. G. Wodehouse I am strongly of the opinion that, after the age of twenty-one, a man ought not to be out of bed and awake at four in the morning. The hour breeds thought. At twenty-one, life being all future, it may be examined with impunity. But, at thirty, having become an uncomfortable mixture of future and past, it is a thing to be looked at only when the sun is high and the world full of warmth and optimism. P. G. Wodehouse insomniamorningpast You are falling into your old error, Jeeves, of thinking that Gussie is a parrot. Fight against this. I shall add the oz. P. G. Wodehouse fightingfallthinking She's a sort of human vampire-bat P. G. Wodehouse vampirebatshumans Back horses or go down to Throgmorton Street and try to take it away from the Rothschilds, and I will applaud you as a shrewd and cautious financier. But to bet at golf is pure gambling. P. G. Wodehouse gamblinghorsegolf ...what I feel we ought to do at this juncture is to dash off somewhere where it's quiet and there aren't so many housesdancing the 'Blue Danube' and shove some tea into ourselves. And over the pot and muffins I shall have something veryimportant to say to you. P. G. Wodehouse muffinsbluetea I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P. G. Wodehouse jeevesdisgruntledifs The brains of members of the Press departments of motion-picture studios resemble soup at a cheap restaurant. It is wiser not to stir them. P. G. Wodehouse motion-picturessoupbrain Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase. P. G. Wodehouse maymenlooks Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship. P. G. Wodehouse sacredlimitsclaims The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide. P. G. Wodehouse debtorsgood-timesideas I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments. P. G. Wodehouse nobleherostories You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound. P. G. Wodehouse enjoy The only thing that prevented a father's love from faltering was the fact that there was in his possession a photograph of himself at the same early age, in which he, too, looked like a homicidal fried egg. P. G. Wodehouse eggshumorousfather It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine. P. G. Wodehouse scotlandsunshinerays While not exactly disgruntled, he was far from feeling gruntled. He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P. G. Wodehouse spokesvoicefeelings Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror. P. G. Wodehouse glutton-for-punishmentpunishmentmirrors A lesser moustache, under the impact of that quick, agonised expulsion of breath, would have worked loose at the roots. P. G. Wodehouse moustacheimpactroots To persons of spirit like ourselves the only happy marriage is that which is based on a firm foundation of almost incessant quarrelling. P. G. Wodehouse happy-marriagefoundationspirit I shoved on a dressing-gown, and flew downstairs like a mighty, rushing wind. P. G. Wodehouse gownsrushingwind The cosy glow which had been enveloping the Duke became shot through by a sudden chill. It was as if he had been luxuriating in a warm shower bath, and some hidden hand had turned on the cold tap. P. G. Wodehouse bathswarhands
