4 P. G. Wodehouse Quotes on Risk

P. G. Wodehouse quotes on risk

87. I was reading in the paper the other day about those birds who are trying to split the atom, the nub being that they haven't the foggiest as to what will happen if they do. It may be all right. On the other hand, it may not be all right. And pretty silly a chap would feel, no doubt, if, having split the atom, he suddenly found the house going up in smoke and himself torn limb from limb.

130. He felt like a man who, chasing rainbows, has had one of them suddenly turn and bite him in the leg.

168. 'Suppose your Aunt Dahlia read in the paper one morning that you were going to be shot at sunrise.' 'I couldn't be, I'm never up so early.'

182. His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle.