"Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity……" — Noel Coward
"Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything."
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97 Quotes by Noel Coward
Noel Coward has 97 quotes on this site.
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I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.
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She had much in common with Hitler, only no mustache.
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He's completely unspoiled by failure.
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I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or…
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Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she…
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You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think…
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I have always been very fond of them (drama critics) . . . I think it is so frightfully clever…
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Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.
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I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does…
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I can't sing, but I know how to, which is quite different.
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I'm an enormously talented man, and there's no use pretending that I'm not..
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The theatre should be treated with respect. The theatre is a wonderful place, a house of strange enchantment, a temple…
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More Breed Quotes
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one of 349 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
— Francis Bacon
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There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.
— Dave Barry
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I've always thought if we don't want to enforce laws on the books, we should remove them from the books.…
— Michael Bloomberg
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
— Emily Bronte
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There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting…
— Bill Bryson
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What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and…
— J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur
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Ungrateful people breed negativity. No one gets any pleasure from giving to an ungrateful person. When you show appreciation, the…
— Paul McCabe
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One of the most fashionable notions of our times is that social problems like poverty and oppression breed wars. Most…
— Thomas Sowell
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I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by…
— George Washington
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Freedom is a condition of mind, and the best way to secure it is to breed it.
— Elbert Hubbard
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Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.
— Chesty Puller
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Each man must not think only of himself, but also of his buddy fighting beside him. We don't want yellow…
— George S. Patton
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