Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
AMANDA: I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea? — Noel Coward Coffee Copy Share Image
It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own. — Noel Coward Acceptance Copy Share Image
But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, when the right people stay at home? — Noel Coward Home Copy Share Image
“[Garry Essendine]: That is no prostitute, but the wife of one of my best friends!” — Noël Coward Adultery Copy Share Image
I have always been very fond of them (drama critics) . . . I think it is so frightfully clever of them… — Noel Coward Clever Copy Share Image
Labour leaders lead us all, though we know they bleed us all. Cheer our new Decline and Fall, Gibbon might have dreamed… — Noel Coward British history Copy Share Image
There are bad times just around the corner, There are dark clouds travelling through the sky, And it's no good whining, About… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun; The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to; Hindus and… — Noel Coward Care Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a place where some people lie on the beach and look up at the stars, whereas other people lie on… — Noel Coward Beach Copy Share Image
Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at. — Noel Coward Television Copy Share Image
Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it. — Noel Coward Friday Copy Share Image
“She's a self-conscious vampire ... and she goes about using sex as a sort of shrimping net.” — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
“I write at high speed because boredom is bad for my health.” — Noêl Coward Bad health Copy Share Image
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. — Noel Coward Acting Copy Share Image
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade. — Noel Coward Caviar Copy Share Image
I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again. — Noel Coward Marriage Copy Share Image
I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to… — Noel Coward Home Copy Share Image
A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That… — Noel Coward Opera Copy Share Image
“All that technical expertise isn't worth a damn if you don't get the best out of people, though. . . . These… — Noel Coward Leader Copy Share Image
You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your… — Noel Coward Acting Copy Share Image
The air is like a draught of wine. The undertaker cleans his sign, The Hull express goes off the line, When it's… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or bowl; but… — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy; to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures… — Noel Coward Comedy Copy Share Image
“Couldn't you see that all my flippancy was only a mask, hiding my real emotions--crushing them down desperately!” — Noël Coward Copy Share Image
How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and… — Noel Coward Age Copy Share Image
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