"There was the man who seemed to be……" — P.G. Wodehouse
"There was the man who seemed to be attempting to decieve his ball and lull it into a false sense of security by looking away from it and then making a lightning slash in the apparent hope of catching it off its guard."
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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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