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Noel Coward Quotes

Noel Coward quotes

English Playwright December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973

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To know you are among people whom you love, and who love you? that has made all the successes wonderful, much more wonderful than they'd have been anyway. Noel Coward
Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again. Noel Coward
Noel Coward quote: "Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to..."
Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love. Noel Coward
Noel Coward quote: "I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise."
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise. Noel Coward
Noel Coward quote: "I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in..."
I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second. Noel Coward
Noel Coward quote: "[Garry Essendine]: That is no prostitute, but the wife of one..."
[Garry Essendine]: That is no prostitute, but the wife of one of my best friends! Noel Coward
Noel Coward quote: "If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday."
If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday. Noel Coward
There are dark times just around the corner. There are dark clouds travelling through the sky. And it's no good whining about a silver lining. For we know from experience they won't roll by. Noel Coward
All that technical expertise isn't worth a damn if you don't get the best out of people, though. . . . These were leaders who saw strength in ordinary people and showed them how to break tyranny. Noel 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 those rules that the greatest fools obey,--because the sun is much too sultry, and one must avoid it s ultra-violet-ray.--Mad dogs and englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.--The Japanese don t care to, The Chinese wouldn t dare to. Hindoos and Argentines sleep firmly from twelwe to one.--But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun. Noel Coward
To hell with God damned "L'Amour." It always causes far more trouble than it is worth. Don't run after it. Don't court it. Keep it waiting off stage until you're good and ready for it and even then treat it with the suspicious disdain that it deserves... 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 work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself. Noel Coward
Noel Coward quote: "Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor."
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor. Noel Coward
If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it. Noel Coward
That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together. Noel Coward

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