P. G. Wodehouse Quotes

When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.

While I think men in general should not fuss over how they look, I do feel as though they should make more an effort to find a way to look good in their own individual, but natural way. I think it's a shame that it's become acceptable to wear jeans and a T-shirt to any place and function.

Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners.

It is impossible to be taken seriously in shorts. No one has ever cared about anything said by a man in shorts.

There are times to be casual and times to be correct. It's all right to wear a sweater and slacks on a picnic, but they don't belong in the theater or the drawing room.

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything.

I was always very focused on how people dressed.

In college I didn't dress up every day, for class or stuff like that, but when it came time to do certain things I'd dress up for sure.

I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.

I find it odd that people will go to a nice restaurant or to the theater in jeans and T-shirts.

I'm not a fan of underdressing, I think it's better to be overdressed than underdressed.

I get more disgusted with men all the time - particularly traveling Americans. They start out on a trip to Europe and never bother to pack a dinner jacket. This is not only stupid - it's bad manners.

It's kind of really fun to get to dress up, because you take yourself a little more seriously if you dress nice in a starched shirt.

It's not polite to refuse to dress for a parly. It's an insult to your hostess. After all, correct dress is a part of good manners.

You can propose marriage naked or in handcuffs, but no one is going to agree to forsake all others for a man in shorts. You can't declare war in shorts or deliver a eulogy in shorts.

I think there's a connection with what you wear. If you don't feel good about what you're wearing, you aren't going to feel confident, and you aren't going to be able to concentrate.

The ascot connotes informality. It is something one might wear at a cocktail party in one's own flat but is not something you wear out in public.

Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.

I'm not normally big on suits.

The way you dress is an expression of your personality.

I don't wear the sash to bed. But I make sure it is always clean. I have it in two colors, black and gray. And I make sure it goes with my outfit.

Be well dressed, behave like a gentleman, and keep your shoes shined.

My dad always made a big thing about having well-cut suits. It's partly a cultural thing, but for him, looking sharp and presenting yourself well was very, very important.