"Into the face of the young man who……" — P.G. Wodehouse
"Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to speak French."
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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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The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and…
— Chin-Ning Chu
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Many of us were taught that no sentence should begin with "but." If that's what you learned, unlearn it -…
— William Zinsser
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The nature of Christ's salvation is woefully misrepresented by the present-day evangelist. He announces a Saviour from Hell rather than…
— Arthur W. Pink
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Tyranny seldom announces itself...In fact, a tyranny may exist without an individual tyrant. A whole government, even a democratically elected…
— Joseph Sobran
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Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Council on Foreign Relations is "the establishment." Not only does it have influence and power in key decision-making positions…
— John Rarick
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To be prophets, in particular, by demonstrating how Jesus lived on this earth, and to proclaim how the kingdom of…
— Pope Francis
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I've been reading Ed Brubaker comics since the first appearance of Ed Brubaker comics and every single time he announces…
— Brian Michael Bendis
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Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the…
— Walter Brueggemann
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The next time somebody announces that he plans to get Medieval on your ass, tell him you're going to get…
— James K. Morrow
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Intercourse is an assertion of mastery, one that announces his own higher caste and proves it upon a victim who…
— Kate Millett
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