All P.G. Wodehouse Quotes
- Golf, like the measles, should be caught young, for, if postponed to riper years, the results may be serious. Caught
- "After all, golf is only a game", said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that there is any kink in… All
- Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely to the fact that, never… Acts
- Confidence, of course is an admirable asset to a golfer, but it should be an unspoken confidence. It is perilous to put it into speech.… Admirable
- The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start. Ability
- I wonder what Tommy Morris would have had to say to all this number 6-iron, number 12-iron, number 28-iron stuff. He probably wouldn't have said… All
- Golf is the Great Mystery. Like some capricous goddess, it bestows its favours with what would appear an almost fat-headed lack of method and discrimination.… Appear
- Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than… Age
- Many bad golfers marry, feeling that a wife's loving solicitude may improve their game. But they are rugged, thick-skinned men, not sensitive and introspective. It… Achieve
- Alcohol is a misunderstood vitamin. Alcohol
- Skiing consists of wearing $3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to stand around at a bar… Alcohol
- Flowers are happy things. Flower
- There are three things in the world that he held in the smallest esteem - slugs, poets and caddies with hiccups. Caddies
- He enjoys that perfect peace, that peace beyond all understanding, which comes to its maximum only to the man who has given up golf. All
- The only way of really finding out a man's true character is to play golf with him. In no other walk of life does the… Character
- A golfer needs a loving wife to whom he can describe the day's play through the long evening. Day
- What earthly good is golf? Life is stern and life is earnest. We live in a practical age. All around us we see foreign competition… Age
- They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke. Excellence
- What is Love compared with holing out before your opponent? Compared
- I've just discovered the secret of golf. You can't play a really hot game unless you're so miserable that you don't worry over your shots.… Automatically