Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel

“Well, the natives seemed fairly friendly, so I decided to stay the night." I made a mental note never to seem fairly friendly to an explorer. If you do, he always decides to stay the night.””

— P. G. Wodehouse

“I could see exactly what must have happened. Insert a liberal dose of mixed spirits in a normally abstemious man, and he becomes a force. He does not stand around, twiddling his fingers and stammering. He acts. I””

— P. G. Wodehouse

“He was an unpleasant youth, snub-nosed and spotty. Still, he could balance himself with one hand on an inverted ginger-ale bottle while revolving a barrel on the soles of his feet. There is good in all of us.””

— P. G. Wodehouse

“No fair-minded girl objects to a certain tinge of jealousy. Kept within proper bounds, it is a compliment; it makes for piquancy; it is the gin in the ginger-beer of devotion. But it should be a condiment, not a fluid.””

— P. G. Wodehouse

“If you come to think of it, what a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean. At any moment you may be strolling peacefully along, and all the time Life's waiting around the corner to fetch you one.””

— P. G. Wodehouse

“Still, he could balance himself with one hand on an inverted ginger-ale bottle while revolving a barrel on the soles of his feet. There is good in all of us.””

— P. G. Wodehouse

“Honest, squire,””

— P. G. Wodehouse

“the world is full of slackers who only turn out when the weather suits them.””

— P. G. Wodehouse

“might almost be termed personalities, "may not be familiar to a couple of dud acrobats””

— P. G. Wodehouse