That’s the way to get on in the world – by grabbing your opportunities. Why, what’s Big Ben but a wrist-watch that saw its chance and made good.
P.G Wodehouse The Small Bachelor (Chapter 6)
See https://wantoncreation.wordpress.com/2012/03/18/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-p-g-wodehouse/ for more P.G. Wodehouse quotes
I chanced upon it using http://www.wodehouse.co.uk/quote_generator.asp
