Tag: P. G. Wodehouse

One of the drawbacks to life is that it contains moments when one is compelled to tell the truth.

P. G. Wodehouse

A man’s subconscious self is not the ideal companion. It lurks for the greater part of his life in some dark den of its own, hidden away, and emerges only to taunt and deride and increase the misery of a miserable hour.

P. G. Wodehouse

I attribute my whole success in life to a rigid observance of the fundamental rule – Never have yourself tattooed with any woman’s name, not even her initials.

P. G. Wodehouse

You’re one of those guys who can make a party just by leaving it. It’s a great gift.

P. G. Wodehouse

It was one of those parties where you cough twice before you speak and then decide not to say it after all.

P. G. Wodehouse

It was one of the dullest speeches I ever heard. The Agee woman told us for three quarters of an hour how she came to write her beastly book, when a simple apology was all that was required.

P. G. Wodehouse

What you want, my lad, and what you’re going to get are two very different things.

P. G. Wodehouse

Well, why do you want a political career? Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good square look at the inmates? As weird a gaggle of freaks and sub-humans as was ever collected in one spot.

P. G. Wodehouse