Noel Coward

Christmas is at our throats again.

— Noel Coward

He's completely unspoiled by failure.

— Noel Coward

Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.

— Noel Coward

Conceit is an outward manifestation of inferiority.

— Noel Coward

“It'll never get well if you pick it.”

— Noël Coward

Work is much more fun than fun.

— Noel Coward

Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.

— Noel Coward

“People have died from hiccups, you know.”

— Noël Coward

If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia.

— Noel Coward

Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspirin and marrons glaces.

— Noel Coward

As one gets older, one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on.

— Noel Coward

“Las Vegas: It was not cafe society, it was Nescafe society.”

— Noel Coward

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

— Noel Coward

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

— Noel Coward

“It's a sad reflection on society how many people are shocked by honesty... and how few by dishonesty.”

— Noël Coward

Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.

— Noel Coward

Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.

— Noel Coward

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

Hollywood is a place where some people lie on the beach and look up at the stars, whereas other people lie on…

— Noel Coward

Labour leaders lead us all, though we know they bleed us all. Cheer our new Decline and Fall, Gibbon might have dreamed…

— Noel Coward

You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was…

— Noel Coward

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

I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I…

— Noel Coward

Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets…

— Noel Coward

The theatre should be treated with respect. The theatre is a wonderful place, a house of strange enchantment, a temple of illusion.…

— Noel Coward

It's no use to go and take courses in playwriting any more than it's much use taking courses in acting. Better play…

— Noel Coward

Here ends the story of a ship, but there will always be other ships, for we are an island race. Through all…

— Noel Coward

Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood…

— Noel Coward

Running is the classical road to self-consciousn ess, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the…

— Noel Coward

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

— Noel Coward

An infant prodigy of nine is shoved upon the stage in white. She starts off in a dismal whine about a dark…

— Noel Coward

Any part of the piggy Is quite all right with me Ham from Westphalia, ham from Parma Ham as lean as the…

— Noel Coward

“Act I, Scene 1 GARRY: …My worst defect is that I am apt to worry too much about what people think of…

— Noël Coward

“In tropical climes, there are certain times of day,When the citiens retire to tear their clothes off and perspire.--It s one of…

— Noël Coward

Of course, the age-old tradition that a star must appear even if he or she is practically dying is an excellent one,…

— Noel Coward

It is my considered opinion that the human race (soi disant) is cruel, idiotic, sentimental, predatory, ungrateful, ugly, conceited and egocentric to…

— Noel Coward

“It is difficult for me to wag my finger at you from so very far away, particularly as my heart aches for…

— Noël Coward

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

— Noel Coward

A bloody good thing, but too late.

— Noel Coward

Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)

— Noel Coward