Quote by P.G. Wodehouse Download Open image ““Osbert Mulliner was simply unequal to the task of tackling cavemen.”” — P.G. Wodehouse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“finding easy scapegoats for complicated problems had been a human pastime since the first mob of cavemen struck someone down with a rock.” — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“...that the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son; and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year; that he had been sent to sea, because he was stupid and unmanageable on shore; that he had been very little cared for at any time by his family, though quite as much… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“...you go back to liberate the captives and sadly realize, some want to remain tied down in the cave...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“In an era when man can no longer dash out of his cave and slay a mammoth, he simply slips on his Lycra and… — Phil Hewitt Copy Share Image
“the men of the cave would say of him that up he went and down he came without his eyes” — Daniel Keyes Copy Share Image
“He acted like a libertine of Europe with a genteel Southern propriety—and had all the morals of an emotionless psychopath. The two former masked… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“I confess that the idea of taking off one's boots in a howling squall to safeguard fossils that had survived since the Precambrian had… — Richard Fortey Copy Share Image
“What followed for two hours was such an adventure as only wretched amateurs would indulge in...” — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Osbert was the only one who didn't seem suspicious. He was so interested in the Decline of Western Civilization that he missed the version… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
“But there they were. Edward Clark, liar and blackmailer extraordinaire, had a better shot at Frederica Marshall than Viscount Claridge. It was the worst… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
“Love, Miss Halliday, is a delicate plant. It needs tending, nurturing, assiduous fostering. This cannot be done by throwing the breakfast bacon at a… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“[A]lways get to the dialogue as soon as possible. I always feel the thing to go for is speed. Nothing puts the reader off… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“In these days in which we live, when existence has become a thing of infinite complexity and fate, if it slips us a bit… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Good Lord, Jeeves! Is there anything you don’t know?’ ‘I couldn’t say, sir.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Ask the first lion cub you meet, and it will tell you that, once you’ve tasted blood, there is no pulling up, and it’s… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“He will lunch with you at your flat tomorrow at one-thirty. Please remember that he drinks no wine, strongly disapproves of smoking, and can… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Too often on such occasions one feels, as I feel so strongly with regard to poor old Stilton, that the kindly thing to do… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“My late Uncle Henry, you see, was by way of being the blot on the Wooster escutcheon. An extremely decent chappie personally, and one… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“...he switched on the [flashlight]. When he did so, he instantly became the center attraction to a rowdy mob of those gnats, moths, and… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Conversationally, I am like a clockwork toy. I have to be set going.” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“One of the advantages a sister has when arguing with a brother is that she is under no obligation to be tactful. If she… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
“Liz," said Mr. Cootes, lost in admiration, "when it comes to doping out a scheme, you're the snake's eyebrows!” — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image