"Cats, as a class, have never completely got……" — P.G. Wodehouse
"Cats, as a class, have never completely got over the snootiness caused by the fact that in ancient Egypt they were worshipped as gods. This makes them prone to set themselves up as critics and censors of the frail and erring human beings whose lot they share."
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279 Quotes by P.G. Wodehouse
P.G. Wodehouse has 279 quotes on this site.
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Golf, like the measles, should be caught young, for, if postponed to riper years, the results may be serious.
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"After all, golf is only a game", said Millicent. Women say these things without thinking. It does not mean that…
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Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely…
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Confidence, of course is an admirable asset to a golfer, but it should be an unspoken confidence. It is perilous…
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The test of a great golfer is his ability to recover from a bad start.
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I wonder what Tommy Morris would have had to say to all this number 6-iron, number 12-iron, number 28-iron stuff.…
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Golf is the Great Mystery. Like some capricous goddess, it bestows its favours with what would appear an almost fat-headed…
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Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with…
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Many bad golfers marry, feeling that a wife's loving solicitude may improve their game. But they are rugged, thick-skinned men,…
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Alcohol is a misunderstood vitamin.
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Skiing consists of wearing $3,000 worth of clothes and equipment and driving 200 miles in the snow in order to…
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Flowers are happy things.
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Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and…
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To…
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