Jeeves Quotes - Page 2

• I was surprised to learn that doing household chores qualifies as romantic for most of you [women]. That's exactly why you should never hire a butler if you strike it rich - the minute that Jeeves starts unloading the dishwasher without being asked, your wife is going to start humping his leg.

  Scott Adams

  Wife, Legs, Rich

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• Well, there it is. That's Jeeves. Where others merely smite the brow and clutch the hair, he acts. Napoleon was the same.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Hair, Wells, Brows

  P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “Joy in the Morning: (Jeeves & Wooster)”, p.181, Random House

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• I don't know if I've ever derived such an immediate sense of calm and well-being from any book as I did from 'Right Ho, Jeeves.' It was like I was Pac-Man and the book was a power-up.

  Lev Grossman

  Book, Men, Calm

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• I suppose even Dictators have their chummy moments, when they put their feet up and relax with the boys, but it was plain from the outset that if Roderick Spode had a sunnier side, he had not come with any idea of exhibiting it now. His manner was curt. One sensed the absence of the bonhomous note. ... Here he laid a hand on my shoulder, and I can't remember when I have experienced anything more unpleasant. Apart from what Jeeves would have called the symbolism of the action, he had a grip like the bite of a horse. "Did you say 'Oh yes?'" he asked. "Oh no," I assured him.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Horse, Boys, Hands

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• One of the rummy things about Jeeves is that, unless you watch like a hawk, you very seldom see him come into a room.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Watches, Hawks, Rooms

  P. G. Wodehouse, David A. Jasen (1997). “Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories”, p.22, Courier Corporation

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• You are falling into your old error, Jeeves, of thinking that Gussie is a parrot. Fight against this. I shall add the oz.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Fall, Fighting, Thinking

  P. G. Wodehouse (2015). “Right Ho, Jeeves”, p.148, Booklassic

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• We Woosters freeze like the dickens when we seek sympathy and meet with cold reserve. "Nothing further Jeeves", I said with quiet dignity.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Dignity, Quiet, Cold

  P.G. Wodehouse (2009). “The Inimitable Jeeves: (Jeeves & Wooster)”, p.210, Random House

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• Bertie," he said, "I want your advice." "Carry on." "At least, not your advice, because that wouldn't be much good to anybody. I mean, you're a pretty consummate old [prat], aren't you? Not that I want to hurt your feelings, of course." "No, no, I see that." "What I wish you to do is put the whole thing to that fellow Jeeves of yours, and see what he suggests.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Hurt, Mean, Advice

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