P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions.P. G. Wodehouse
Quotes to Explore
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At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.
Walter Rudolf Hess -
The story was such that I couldn't make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didn't want to. So, it isn't the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. I'm pleased with it anyway.
Jack Vance -
I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
Frances Burney -
I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
Taslima Nasrin -
I wish I could fly. Or speak fluent Chinese. Both I think are equally impossible.
Karlie Kloss -
Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
Valerie Plame
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African Americans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in this country. We been here since the beginning. Before the beginning.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.
Karl Rove -
I'd love sloth. I wish sloth would come home and visit me once in a while. I don't consider laziness a sin at all.
Kajol -
Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
Patrick White -
We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.
Haile Selassie -
I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
Ed Stoppard
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Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society.
Samantha Power -
I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck.
Danica McKellar -
At no point do I wish to be in conflict with any man or masculine thought. It doesn't enter my consciousness. Art is anonymous. It's not competitive with men. It's a complementary contribution.
Barbara Hepworth -
The original 'Star Wars' that I was a part of really was the beginning of my working life.
Harrison Ford -
Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.
Qandeel Baloch -
You know, I wish the world well. I want Iraq to have democracy and the Haitians to have democracy. I want the people of Afghanistan to thrive. Lord knows, we spend enough money there to help them. What about people at home? Isn't that our first responsibility?
Barbara Boxer
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When I started The Shins, it really was just me, alone, but it was still The Shins. I was totally recording stuff and writing songs as The Shins and all of that. So the beginning inception of the whole thing was some sort of a lie, I guess.
James Mercer Broken Bells -
An ear can break a human heart As quickly as a spear, We wish the ear had not a heart So dangerously near.
Emily Dickinson -
So what's your team called?" asked Kate, twisting her legs into a pretzel-like configuration, "We're called the Winmates because we're inmates who win." Kate looked back and forth at Reynie and Constance, searching their expression for signs of delight. "You gave yourselves a name?" asked Constance. Now it was Kate's turn to be baffled. "You didn't? How can you have a team without a name?
Trenton Lee Stewart -
Plays are definitely the most difficult of them all. They are entirely a different category altogether. I don't have the courage to try out plays.
Barun Sobti -
You have to perform a balancing act. You don't want to forsake talented upside players for the future who may not be ready to deliver today. If you don't have those guys in the pipeline, your well may run dry.
Chris Wallace -
[He] saw that a peculiar expression had come into his nephew's face; an expression a little like that of a young hindu fakir who having settled himself on his first bed of spikes is beginning to wish that he had chosen one of the easier religions.
P. G. Wodehouse