P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose.
Quotes to Explore
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
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I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
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The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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If there's one thing I've learned from traveling, it's that it is definitely more important how you are than where you are. You can say, 'Oh, I hate X city, I hate that country, or I prefer this city,' but it's a little bit up to you to find some kind of happiness.
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It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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Lots of middle class people are running around pretending to be Cockney.
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You know when you find a great dress, you've gotta hold on to it.
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If it has something of substance and a platform that makes sense, I can share my story. You can get a little more into my life, and I can mesh my singing with things I love to do and writing for others and telling my story in hopes of helping someone. I'm all for it.
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Women are usually only interesting to studio executives when they are fecund, between the ages of 15 and 30. I decided to get through the really tough patch, around 50, by just cutting my price and playing ten years older. I didn't want to have to wait until I was an old lady to play one.
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I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don't know what I did before that. Just loafed I suppose.
