675 Quotes by P. G. Wodehouse

The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start.

We do not tell old friends beneath our roof-tree that they are an offence to the eyesight.

So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life.

It was one of those days you sometimes get latish in the autumn when the sun beams, the birds toot, and there is a bracing tang in the air that sends the blood beetling briskly through the veins.

I don't want to seem always to be criticizing your methods of voice production, Jeeves, I said, but I must inform you that that 'Well, sir' of yours is in many respects fully as unpleasant as your 'Indeed, sir?

Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.

Routine is the death to heroism.

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.

I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether; the other is going right deep down into life and not caring a damn.