Early Cocktail Quotes by Noel Coward

Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going…

— Noel Coward

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

— Noel Coward

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

— Noel Coward

Everybody worships me, it's nauseating.

— Noel Coward

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.

— Noel Coward

That strange feeling we had inthe war. Have you found anything in your lives since toequal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness…

— Noël Coward

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

— Noel Coward

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

— Noel Coward

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

— Noel Coward

“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

“Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.”

— Noël Coward

“I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me.”

— Noel Coward