Noel Coward Quotes

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Noel Coward

Profession : Playwright

Birth : December 16, 1899

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

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.

Noel Coward

Work is much more fun than fun.

Noel Coward

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Noel Coward

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Noel Coward

Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.

Noel Coward

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Noel Coward

Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.

Noel Coward

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

Noel Coward

The higher the building the lower the morals.

Noel Coward

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

Noel Coward

There's always something fishy about the French.

Noel Coward

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

My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.

Noel Coward

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

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We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?

Noel Coward

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

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Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

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I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

Noel Coward

I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.

Noel Coward