All Jerome K. Jerome Quotes
- It's really extraordinary what a variety of ways of loving there must be. We all do it as it was never done before. All
- Love is too pure a light to burn long among the noisome gases that we breathe, but before it is choked out we may use… Affection
- In the future there are going to be no pretty girls, for the simple reason there will be no plain girls against which to contrast… Acknowledged
- There may be a better land where bicycle saddles are made of rainbow, stuffed with cloud; in this world the simplest thing is to get… Better
- "Not sure," he retorted; "you call yourself a journalist, and admit there is a subject under Heaven of which you are not sure!" Admit
- There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except… Dream
- It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It… Cannot Think
- I should never make anything of a fisherman. I had not got sufficient imagination Fisherman
- Too much of anything is a mistake, as the man said when his wife presented him with four new healthy children in one day. We… All
- When you forget to take the sail at all, then the wind is constantly in your favour both ways. But there! this world is only… Adversity
- I like cats.... When I meet a cat, I say, "Poor Pussy!" and stoop down and tickle the side of its head; and the cat… All
- It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs. We cannot work, we cannot think, unless our stomach wills so. It… Any
- I saw a great Newfoundland dog the other day sitting in front of a mirror at the entrance to a shop in Regent's Circus, and… Amount
- The proverbial Englishman, we know from old chronicler Froissart, takes his pleasures sadly, and the Englishwoman goes a step further and takes her pleasures in… Chronicler
- We shall never be content until each man makes his own weather and keeps it to himself. Content
- Weather in towns is like a skylark in a counting-house-out of place and in the way. Counting
- The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to… Able
- Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself. Cheese
- Splendid cheeses they were, ripe and mellow, and with a two hundred horse-power scent about them that might have been warranted to carry three miles,… Been
- Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without… Ability
- Think of the man who first tried German sausage. Eating
- Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of… All
- It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. Enjoy
- Time is but the shadow of the world upon the background of Eternity. Background
- It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder,… Ashamed