Quotes About Psmith

#1. Oh, is that my report, father?' said Mike, with a sort of sickly interest, much as a dog about to be washed might evince in his tub.'
- Mike and Psmith

P.G. Wodehouse

#2. Psmith is the only thing in my literary career which was handed to me on a plate with watercress round it, thus enabling me to avoid the blood, sweat and tears inseparable from an author's life.

P.G. Wodehouse

#3. Mere surprise, however, was never enough to prevent Psmith talking. He

P.G. Wodehouse

#4. We must always remember, however,' said Psmith gravely, 'that poets are also God's creatures.

P.G. Wodehouse

#5. I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such words as ptarmigan, psalm, and phthisis.

P.G. Wodehouse

#6. The first thing to do,' said Psmith, 'is to ascertain that such a place as Clapham Common really exists. One has heard of it, of course, but has its existence ever been proved? I think not.

P.G. Wodehouse

#7. I am Psmith. I sub-edit.

P.G. Wodehouse

#8. [I'm] as broke as the ten commandments.

P.G. Wodehouse

#9. 'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.

Harold Prince

#10. It is easier to die bravely than to live so.

Christian Nestell Bovee

#11. What a fucking destiny is that... or fate or whaatever is it?
...

COme on isn't it kinda of life irony seeing the girl with which I should conversation.,.. but the problem is that I can't... not because I don't want... but I can't...

...

It's just difficult!

Deyth Banger

#12. Another of these strong silent men. The world is full of us.

P.G. Wodehouse

#13. Some time ago," he said, "
how long it seems!
I remember saying to a young friend of mine of the name of Spiller, 'Comrade Spiller, never confuse the unusual with the impossible.' It is my guiding rule in life.

P.G. Wodehouse

#14. My daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!

Kate Moss

#15. The old world of England was picturesque and safe in a way that L.A. wasn't, but it was so amazingly socially cruel. I had never experienced that in America - never in school, nowhere.

Rachel Cusk

#16. Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction of their species, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain.

Carl Sagan

#17. If there's an intellectual highway, there's also an intellectual subway.

Stanley Crouch

#18. Childlike does not mean shallow.

Jennifer L. Lane

#19. Lenin was always prone to overestimate the physical danger to himself: in this respect he was something of a coward.

Orlando Figes

#20. It's a burden, being able to control situations with my hyper-vigilance, but it's my lot in life. Some

Tina Fey