Noel Coward Quotes

People would think I wouldn't like Noel Coward. I think he was the original punk in a lot of ways. You know.…

— Kathy Burke

I'm not temperamentally into high comedy. I'm not a Noel Coward kind of girl.

— Kelly Reilly

There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.

— Ian Mckellen

It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.

— Kenneth Williams

Noel Coward said work is more fun than fun, but then he didn't work in the Bird's Eye factory packing frozen fish…

— Paul O'Grady

I couldn't write a happy movie or romantic comedy to save my life. Yes, Noel Coward's an idol, but his plays are…

— John Logan

“Bugis Street, once famous for its transvestite prostitutes - the sort of place where one could have imagined Noel Coward, ripped on…

— William Gibson

My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic).…

— Noel Coward

I've rarely gotten a good review in my life, yet, to paraphrase Noel Coward, I am happy to console myself with the…

— Steven Weber

“Frost interviewing Noel Coward and Margaret Mead. Sir Noel's view of life is Sir Noel. Mead's mind is large and open, like…

— John Cage

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the…

— Peter De Vries

At 11, I went to live with my maternal nan and granddad temporarily, after my parents separated, and Nan would let me…

— Jools Holland

I come from the world of theater, and I know Noel Coward's writing well. He has such a specific voice, and was…

— Marielle Heller

Business, life itself, is damned hard work if you wanna be good at it. Actually, that's precisely wrong. Business ceases to be…

— Tom Peters

“Claudette Colbert was not Hollywood’s greatest beauty, but her trim little figure, round, kitten-like face, and obviously intelligent good humor made her…

— Eve Golden

“Playwright Noel Coward once said, “Work is more fun than fun.” I included that quote in a seminar guidebook for a sales…

— Steve Chandler

“Studs Terkel was waiting for a number 146 bus alongside two well-groomed business types. "This was before the term yuppie was used,"…

— Gary Younge

To be scrupulously honest, I only met Noel Coward twice in my life, and then briefly, but I heard so much about…

— Michael Korda

They're great devotees of Noel Coward in England, of course, he's a favorite son, and so to play Coward in London is…

— Angela Lansbury