--- title: "1 Slam Door Quotes By Noel Coward" description: "1 Slam Door quotes by Noel Coward. Plus more from Noel Coward and more Slam Door sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/noel-coward-2647_age_how-foolish-to-think-that-one-can-ever-s_1443574.png" --- > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/how-foolish-to-think-that-one-can-ever-slam-the-door-in-the-face-of/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/noel-coward-2647_age_how-foolish-to-think-that-one-can-ever-s_1443574.png) ## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/acting-is-not-a-state-of-being-but-a-state-of-appearing-to-be-you-can/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/it-is-discouraging-how-many-people-are-shocked-by-honesty-and-how-few/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/i-ll-go-through-life-either-first-class-or-third-but-never-in-second/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [Everybody worships me, it's nauseating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/everybody-worships-me-it-s-nauseating/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/mad-dogs-and-englishmen-go-out-in-the-mid-day-sun/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/that-strange-feeling-we-had-inthe-war-have-you-found-anything-in-your/) [Noël Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/wit-ought-to-be-a-glorious-treat-like-caviar-never-spread-it-about/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/squash-that-s-not-exercise-it-s-flagellation/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/if-you-must-have-motivation-think-of-your-paycheck-on-friday/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/a-e-matthews-ambled-through-this-was-a-man-like-a-charming-retriever/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [“Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/television-is-for-appearing-on-not-for-looking-at/) [Noël Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [“I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/i-like-long-walks-especialy-when-they-are-taken-by-people-who-annoy-me/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [Hollywood is a place where some people lie on the beach and look up at the stars, whereas other people lie on the stars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/hollywood-is-a-place-where-some-people-lie-on-the-beach-and-look-up/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/grab-it-while-you-can-grab-every-scrap-of-happiness-while-you-can/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) > [My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noel-coward/my-importance-to-the-world-is-relatively-small-on-the-other-hand-my/) [Noel Coward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noel-coward/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/slam-door/noel-coward/#itemlist", "name": "1 Slam Door Quotes By Noel Coward", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. 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