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Noel Coward quotes: I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me. I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
Noel Coward quotes: Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone? Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?
Noel Coward quotes: Work is much more fun than fun. Work is much more fun than fun.
Noel Coward quotes: Star quality: I don't know what it is, but I've got it. Star quality: I don't know what it is, but I've got it.
Noel Coward quotes: Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority. Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.
Noel Coward quotes: Couldn't you see that all my flippancy was only a mask, hiding my real emotionscrushing them down desperately! Couldn't you see that all my flippancy was only a mask, hiding my real emotions
crushing them down desperately!
Noel Coward quotes: Entering an white tie and tails party wearing an ordinary suit, he announced,Please, I don't want anyone to apologize for over dressing. Entering an white tie and tails party wearing an ordinary suit, he announced,Please, I don't want anyone to apologize for over dressing.
Noel Coward quotes: My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough. My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.
Noel Coward quotes: Never trust a man with short legs. His brains are too near his bottom. Never trust a man with short legs. His brains are too near his bottom.
Noel Coward quotes: Las Vegas:It was not cafe society, it was Nescafe society. Las Vegas:
It was not cafe society, it was Nescafe society.
Noel Coward quotes: Grab it while you can - grab every scrap of happiness while you can Grab it while you can - grab every scrap of happiness while you can
Noel Coward quotes: I will accept anything in the theatre ... provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home. I will accept anything in the theatre ... provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home.
Noel Coward quotes: People have died from hiccups, you know. People have died from hiccups, you know.
Noel Coward quotes: Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners. Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.
Noel Coward quotes: Extraordinary how potent cheap music is. Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
Noel Coward quotes: [Garry Essendine]: That is no prostitute, but the wife of one of my best friends! [Garry Essendine]: That is no prostitute, but the wife of one of my best friends!
Noel Coward quotes: I don't much care for Hollywood, I'd rather have a nice cup of cocoa. I don't much care for Hollywood, I'd rather have a nice cup of cocoa.
Noel Coward quotes: Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed. Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.
Noel Coward quotes: Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation. Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.
Noel Coward quotes: As one gets older, one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on. As one gets older, one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on.
Noel Coward quotes: Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture. Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
Noel Coward quotes: CHRISTMAS is at our throats again. CHRISTMAS is at our throats again.
Noel Coward quotes: It's a sad reflection on society how many people are shocked by honesty ... and how few by dishonesty. It's a sad reflection on society how many people are shocked by honesty ... and how few by dishonesty.
Noel Coward quotes: Marriage is the aftermath of love. Marriage is the aftermath of love.
Noel Coward quotes: For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth. For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.
Noel Coward quotes: I don't think pornography is harmful, but it is terribly, terribly boring. I don't think pornography is harmful, but it is terribly, terribly boring.
Noel Coward quotes: 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. 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 quotes: There isn't a particle of you that I don't know, remember, and want. There isn't a particle of you that I don't know, remember, and want.
Noel Coward quotes: Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspirin and marrons glaces. Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspirin and marrons glaces.
Noel Coward quotes: There's always something fishy about the French. There's always something fishy about the French.
Noel Coward quotes: I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise. I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise.
Noel Coward quotes: If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia. If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia.
Noel Coward quotes: Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea? Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?
Noel Coward quotes: Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade. Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it about like marmalade.
Noel Coward quotes: You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed. You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.
Noel Coward quotes: My life really has been one long extravaganza. My life really has been one long extravaganza.
Noel Coward quotes: Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs. Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.
Noel Coward quotes: A bloody good thing, but too late. A bloody good thing, but too late.
Noel Coward quotes: I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or bowl; but I heard the curtain going up. I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or bowl; but I heard the curtain going up.
Noel Coward quotes: It's never too early for a cocktail. It's never too early for a cocktail.
Noel Coward quotes: Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything. Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.
Noel Coward quotes: I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again. I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.
Noel Coward quotes: It'll never get well if you pick it. It'll never get well if you pick it.
Noel Coward quotes: But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, when the right people stay at home? But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, when the right people stay at home?
Noel Coward quotes: If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday. If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.
Noel Coward quotes: I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me. I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me.
Noel Coward quotes: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at. Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.
Noel Coward quotes: How was your flight? Well, aeronautically it was a great success. Socially, it left quite a bit to be desired. How was your flight? Well, aeronautically it was a great success. Socially, it left quite a bit to be desired.
Noel Coward quotes: I don't know what London's coming to - the higher the buildings the lower the morals. I don't know what London's coming to - the higher the buildings the lower the morals.
Noel Coward quotes: What I adore is supreme professionalism. I'm bored by writers who can write only when it's raining. What I adore is supreme professionalism. I'm bored by writers who can write only when it's raining.
Noel Coward quotes: She's a self-conscious vampire ... and she goes about using sex as a sort of shrimping net. She's a self-conscious vampire ... and she goes about using sex as a sort of shrimping net.
Noel Coward quotes: You always ought to have tom cats arranged, you know - it makes 'em more companionable. You always ought to have tom cats arranged, you know - it makes 'em more companionable.
Noel Coward quotes: Work is more fun than fun. Work is more fun than fun.
Noel Coward quotes: I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health. I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health.
Noel Coward quotes: She stopped the show - but then the show wasn't traveling very fast. She stopped the show - but then the show wasn't traveling very fast.
Noel Coward quotes: A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy. A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.
Noel Coward quotes: Labour leaders lead us all, though we know they bleed us all. Cheer our new Decline and Fall, Gibbon might have dreamed it all. Labour leaders lead us all, though we know they bleed us all. Cheer our new Decline and Fall, Gibbon might have dreamed it all.
Noel Coward quotes: Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others. Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.
Noel Coward quotes: You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable. You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable.
Noel Coward quotes: It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him. It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.
Noel Coward quotes: Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be. Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.
Noel Coward quotes: Good heavens, television is something you appear on; you don't watch. Good heavens, television is something you appear on; you don't watch.
Noel Coward quotes: Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build. Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build.
Noel Coward quotes: I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo. I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.
Noel Coward quotes: Success is far more perilous than failure, isn't it? You've got to be doubly strong and watchful and wary. Success is far more perilous than failure, isn't it? You've got to be doubly strong and watchful and wary.
Noel Coward quotes: Madame Bovary is the sexiest book imaginable. The woman's virtually a nyphomaniac but you won't find a vulgar word in the entire thing. Madame Bovary is the sexiest book imaginable. The woman's virtually a nyphomaniac but you won't find a vulgar word in the entire thing.
Noel Coward quotes: The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven. The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven.
Noel Coward quotes: I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop. I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
Noel Coward quotes: I can't sing, but I know how to, which is quite different. I can't sing, but I know how to, which is quite different.
Noel Coward quotes: Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love. Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.
Noel Coward quotes: Time is the reef upon which all our mystic ships are wrecked. Time is the reef upon which all our mystic ships are wrecked.
Noel Coward quotes: Sunburn is very becoming - but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed grill. Sunburn is very becoming - but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed grill.
Noel Coward quotes: Strange how potent cheap music is. Strange how potent cheap music is.
Noel Coward quotes: How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance. How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance.
Noel Coward quotes: Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor. Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
Noel Coward quotes: I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere. I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.
Noel Coward quotes: Bed is the perfect climate. Bed is the perfect climate.
Noel Coward quotes: Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets were written. Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets were written.
Noel Coward quotes: I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to go home. I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to go home.
Noel Coward quotes: Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing. Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing.
Noel Coward quotes: A.E. Matthews ambled through This Was a Man like a charming retriever who has buried a bone and can't quite remember where. A.E. Matthews ambled through This Was a Man like a charming retriever who has buried a bone and can't quite remember where.
Noel Coward quotes: Passion in a dromedary doesn't go so deep; a camel when it's mating never sobs itself to sleep. Passion in a dromedary doesn't go so deep; a camel when it's mating never sobs itself to sleep.
Noel Coward quotes: It's a pity you didn't have a little more brandy. It might have made you more agreeable! It's a pity you didn't have a little more brandy. It might have made you more agreeable!
Noel Coward quotes: Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow. Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.
Noel Coward quotes: I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all. I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all.
Noel Coward quotes: Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?) Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)
Noel Coward quotes: Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you. Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.
Noel Coward quotes: I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise. I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
Noel Coward quotes: How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini? How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini?
Noel Coward quotes: Am reading more of Oscar Wilde. What a tiresome, affected sod. Am reading more of Oscar Wilde. What a tiresome, affected sod.
Noel Coward quotes: It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see,That though the English are effeteThey're quite impervious to heat. It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see,
That though the English are effete
They're quite impervious to heat.
Noel Coward quotes: I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage. I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.
Noel Coward quotes: Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun. Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.
Noel Coward quotes: We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we? We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
Noel Coward quotes: It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own.
Noel Coward quotes: The higher the building the lower the morals. The higher the building the lower the morals.
Noel Coward quotes: Television is for appearing on, not looking at. Television is for appearing on, not looking at.
Noel Coward quotes: You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday. You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday.
Noel Coward quotes: Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade. Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
Noel Coward quotes: He's completely unspoiled by failure. He's completely unspoiled by failure.

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