P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
The single most powerful element of youth is our inability to know what's impossible.
-
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
-
Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
-
My first Olympics was Munich in 1972. I am better now than I was then, in knowledge and experience. The age of top riders generally tends to be older than in other sports because it takes a lot of time to be consistent.
-
I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
-
That's double-edged: it's amazing that they're bringing me in and showing people new ideas, and at the same time it's a little hard because seventy percent of the time or even higher I'm not going to get those roles.
-
It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
-
Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
-
The service of philosophy, of speculative culture, towards the human spirit, is to rouse, to startle it to a life of constant and eager observation.
-
I am the hero of Africa.
-
Being blonde means people decide on sight that you are much prettier and nicer than you really are, just as Americans automatically add 10 points to someone's IQ when they hear an English accent. Fact.
-
Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
-
Ecuador has never stated flatly that it would give asylum to Edward Snowden.
-
To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I'm going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don't sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.
-
The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this.
-
A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.
-
What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.
-
Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously.
-
Zombies are always moving fast in video games. It makes sense if you think about it. Those games are all about hand-eye coordination and how quickly can you get them before they get you.
-
I didn't feel like I was putting anything good into the world, even though it was funny. I wanted to do something more positive that would have an impact. So even when I'm doing naked push-ups or whatever, it's astounding to see how people respond to it.
-
Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
-
What I hope in my ideal world is that with each project, I'll either get to work with a really great script that would force me to grow, or work with a really great actor who will make me better.
-
Any idiot who knows five chords can bang a song together. But it's probably going to be rubbish.
-
His whole aspect was that of a man who has unexpectedly been struck by lightning.
