P. G. Wodehouse Quotes

She had a beaky nose, tight thin lips, and her eye could have been used for splitting logs in the teak forests of Borneo.

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• When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.

  

  Zachary Gordon
  • People
  • Up
  • Mom

• When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Great
  • American
  • War

• I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Years

• Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

  

  Adam Hochschild
  • Chance
  • Note
  • Seldom

• I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Like
  • Loved
  • Because

• Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.

  

  Valerie Bertinelli
  • Food
  • Evil
  • Personality

• I think comedy is one of the hardest things to do.

  

  Faith Ford
  • Think
  • Comedy
  • Things

• You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • You
  • End
  • Watch

• The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.

  

  Vernor Vinge
  • Problem
  • Being
  • Stage

• The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Should
  • Grandparents
  • Grandchildren

• I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Funny
  • Humor
  • Sense Of Humor

• When 'Midnight's Children' came out, people in the West tended to respond to the fantasy elements in the novel, to praise it in those terms. In India, people read it like a history book.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • People
  • Children
  • Book

• Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.

  

  Tab Hunter
  • Great
  • Guy
  • Rock

• Only legislative, judicial, and executive action can completely guarantee the victory of the free world.

  

  Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
  • World
  • Free
  • Action

• But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • History
  • Think
  • Know

• There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • American
  • Strong
  • Community

• I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Children
  • You
  • Respect

• I worry that when educational counselors and teachers call in families with concerns about a child having a learning disability, we aren't always looking at the complete picture.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Learning
  • Worry
  • Picture

• I think it is widely agreed that Carl Steinitz, over the 50 years he taught at Harvard, has been one of the most important figures in influencing the theory and practice of landscape architecture and the application of computer technology to planning.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Important
  • Technology
  • Practice

• Oil wells never really run dry. A big company will drain maybe 40% of a field. Pulling out the rest of the oil, which requires an outlay of incrementally more cash per barrel, often proves uneconomical for big companies with big overheads.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Rest
  • Company
  • Oil

• No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.

  

  Dan Simmons
  • Long
  • Wish

• Lyra sighed; she had forgotten how roundabout Scholars could be. It was difficult to tell them the truth when a lie would have been so much easier for them to understand.

  

  Philip Pullman
  • She
  • Truth

• I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.

  

  LaToya Jackson
  • Life
  • Time
  • Free

• She had a beaky nose, tight thin lips, and her eye could have been used for splitting logs in the teak forests of Borneo.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
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