Quotes: Noel Coward
Noel Coward
Noel Coward's surname was a cunning trick, as he was actually one of the bravest wits of his day. He was a massively celebrated playwright, but if you're too much of uncultured swine to know his work then you may recall him as the old gangster mastermind from The Italian Job. Yeah, him.
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Work is much more fun than fun.
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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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Television is for appearing on, not looking at.
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I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.
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Never trust a man with short legs. His brains are too near his bottom.
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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
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I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
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The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.
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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.
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Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
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Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.
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