P G Wodehouse Famous Quotes
To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would have been completed in half the time.
"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."
"At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies."
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
"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."
"It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them."
"If not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled."
P G Wodehouse Quotations
"The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.
John Cheever
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Martin Luther King Jr
Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.
H Jackson Browne
Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.
Arthur Schopenhauer
"People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get."
Frederick Douglas
I remember a time when everybody I loved hated me because I hated them. - Letter to Stuart Sutcliffe circa 1960
John Lennon
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung
"Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud. Any of us put out more and better ideas if our efforts are truly appreciated."
Alexander Osborn
"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right."
Henry Ford