G. Wodehouse
G. Wodehouse
men skills soul
It is not mere technical skill that makes a man a golfer, it is the golfing soul.
work names bob
Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.
wine heart thinking
The storm is over, there is sunlight in my heart. I have a glass of wine and sit thinking of what has passed.
new-york america wake-up
New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to bed.
horse golf gambling
Back horses or go down to Throgmorton Street and try to take it away from the Rothschilds, and I will applaud you as a shrewd and cautious financier. But to bet at golf is pure gambling.
golf mystery
Golf is the Great Mystery.
men mind would-be
If men's minds were like dominoes, surely his would be the double blank.
knitting smoking agents
Mr Howard Saxby, literary agent, was knitting a sock. He knitted a good deal, he would tell you if you asked him, to keep himself from smoking, adding that he also smoked a good deal to keep himself from knitting.
optimistic trying sides
So always look for the silver lining And try to find the sunny side of life.
class community bishops
Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.
real believe writing
I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is mine, making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether; the other is going right deep down into life and not caring a damn.
wave bark stout
I shuddered from stem to stern, as stout barks do when buffeted by the waves.
higher presses
Love has had a lot of press-agenting from the oldest times; but there are higher, nobler things than love.
love taken eye
His eyes were rolling in their sockets, and his face had taken on the colour and expression of a devout tomato. I could see he loved like a thousand bricks.