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Noel Coward
English
Playwright
About the author
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Wit
My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Mind
#Body
#Suspicion
Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Mind
People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#People
#Wrong
#Opera
Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#May
Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Exercise
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Success
That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Strength
#Feeling
#War
The higher the building the lower the morals.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Building
#Morals
We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Will
#Afterlife
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Love
#Criticism
#Praise
Work is much more fun than fun.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Work
#Fun
Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
There's always something fishy about the French.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Fact
#Memory
I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Stars
#Blame
#Astrology
Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Love
#Hope
#Will
#Day
#Dignity
#Peace
#Country
#Hell
#Spirit
#Greatness
#Courage
#Heaven
#Gallantry
I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Nothing
#Old
#Tax
#Age
#Income
I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Life
#First
#Class
I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Thought
If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Motivation
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#People
#Honesty
#Deceit
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#People
#Honesty
#Deceit
Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
Noel Coward,
English
Playwright
#Music