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  • There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'" "The mood will pass, sir. -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • I pity the shrimp that matches wits with you Jeeves -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself. -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • Jeeves, you really are a specific dream-rabbit." "Thank you, miss. I am glad to have given satisfaction. -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • There was a sound in the background like a distant sheep coughing gently on a mountainside. Jeeves sailing into action. -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • 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
  • -'What do ties matter, Jeeves, at a time like this?' There is no time, sir, at which ties do not matter -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • I turned on the pillow with a little moan, and at this juncture Jeeves entered with the vital oolong. I clutched at it like a drowning man at a straw hat. -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • 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
  • I don't want to seem always to be criticizing your methods of voice production, Jeeves, I said, but I must inform you that that 'Well, sir' of yours is in many respects fully as unpleasant as your 'Indeed, sir? -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • Ask Jeeves! Who ever used that thing? College freshmen to find out who Goethe was - that's it. -- Walter Kirn
  • I used to love 'Jeeves And Wooster.' That theme tune was great. I remember writing to them when I was little to get the music so I could learn it on the piano, and they sent me the sheet music. -- Lydia Leonard
  • It was one of those cases where you approve the broad, general principle of an idea but can't help being in a bit of a twitter at the prospect of putting it into practical effect. I explained this to Jeeves, and he said much the same thing had bothered Hamlet. -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • 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
  • Oh, Jeeves,' I said; 'about that check suit.' Yes, sir?' Is it really a frost?' A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion.' But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is.' Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir.' He's supposed to be one of the best men in London.' I am saying nothing against his moral character, sir. -- P. G. Wodehouse
  • 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
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