P. G. Wodehouse Quotes

It was a harsh, rasping voice, in its timbre not unlike a sawmill.

P. G. Wodehouse

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• The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.

  

  Ike Skelton
  • Country
  • American
  • Together

• If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.

  

  Natalia Tena
  • Music
  • Words
  • Same

• I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Taste
  • Away
  • Classic

• I don't think a woman riding a motorcycle thinks of herself as doing something that has sex appeal. I think she's trying to replicate for herself an experience that she sees men having.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Men
  • Trying
  • She

• During my early years, I was mercurially lively, always in motion, spilling over with pranks, impertinent and precocious, and, at the same time, intractably stubborn and angry if anything went against my will.

  

  Edith Stein
  • Time
  • Angry
  • Same

• I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Up
  • Important
  • Organization

• When I was a kid, it was a huge insult to be a geek. Now it's a point of pride in a weird way.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Way
  • Weird
  • Pride

• To us, the value of a work lies in its newness: the invention of new forms, or a novel combination of old forms, the discovery of unknown worlds or the exploration of unfamiliar areas in worlds already discovered - revelations, surprises.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Work
  • Value
  • Lies

• Talking to my mental coach definitely helps. I talk to her every week. Yeah, I mean, she's been helping me a lot, too.

  

  Inbee Park
  • She
  • Me
  • Week

• Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Political
  • Popular
  • Face

• Only the film industry can make you an overnight success. Unlike other jobs where you have to work your way up, here you can reach dizzying heights of fame instantly.

  

  Samantha Ruth Prabhu
  • Up
  • Work
  • Success

• Nobody's life is wrapped up neatly in a bow.

  

  Zoe Lister-Jones
  • Life
  • Up
  • Nobody

• I have a lot of fun writing for artists, but I'm learning to apply that fun to myself.

  

  Sam Dew
  • Writing
  • Fun
  • Learning

• Cole Archer's Chillout Mix. That's my son's mix. He's ten weeks old, and this is what he listens to: 'Valerie' by Amy Winehouse, 'Everyday People' by Arrested Development, The Beatles' 'Rocky Raccoon,' and Bruce Springsteen's 'Atlantic City.'

  

  Adam Pally
  • People
  • City
  • Son

• I just had that conversation this morning with my doctor. I just got back from the hospital a half-hour ago, and nothing will make me happier than to replicate the DNA of my amazing husband. I'm optimistic.

  

  Karen Duffy
  • Amazing
  • Morning
  • Husband

• Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • People
  • Time
  • Society

• Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • American
  • College
  • Military

• It was difficult being a conscientious objector in the 1940's, but I felt I had to stick to my guns.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Difficult
  • Guns
  • Stick

• This world has few redeeming features, and one is the capacity for people to love one another with great, enduring passion.

  

  David Gemmell
  • People
  • World
  • Great

• As the director, I try to go in and know as much as I can about the material. I really try to go in and understand what all the characters are about, what the movie's going to look like.

  

  George Tillman, Jr.
  • Movie
  • Understand
  • Material

• My own parents loved each other very much.

  

  Jilly Cooper
  • Parents

• You can choose whatever name you like for the two types of government. I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy', and the other 'tyranny'.

  

  Karl Popper
  • Democracy
  • Violence

• It was a harsh, rasping voice, in its timbre not unlike a sawmill.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse