Noel Coward Quotes

English - Playwright December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Honesty, People, Deceit, How, Few, Many

The higher the building the lower the morals.

Morals, Building, Higher, Lower

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

Honesty, People, Think, Deceit, How, Few

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

Furniture, Say, Lines, Just, Over, Trip

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. - Noel Coward

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

Me, People, Long, Like, Who, Annoy

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.

Strength, War, Together, You, Feeling

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

Life, Class, Never, Go, Through, First

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday. - Noel Coward

If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.

Work, Think, You, Motivation, Friday

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

Me, Memory, Elephant, Like, Fact, Often

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

Exercise, Squash

Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

Sick, She, Looks, Just, Been, About

My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.

Good, Mind, Body, Enough, Suspicion

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.

Love, Day, Hope, Peace, Courage, Hell

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Age, I Am, Old Age, Start, Always, Stage

Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.

Me, May, Someday, Got, Suspect, Jesus

Work is much more fun than fun. - Noel Coward

Work is much more fun than fun.

Work, Fun, More, Than, Much

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.

People, Wrong, Say, They Say, Opera

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

Love, Long, Criticism, Praise, Just

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

I Can, Sometimes, Without, Go, Drop

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

Treat, Never, Like, Spread, Wit, About

We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?

Will, Than, Reliable, Guarantee, Any

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

Stars, Walk, Believe, Blame, I Can, Only

Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.

Success, Me, Her, Like, Maternal, Took

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Music, Cheap, Extraordinary, How, Potent

There's always something fishy about the French.

Always, Something, About, French, Fishy

I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.

Thought, Sometimes, Again, Then

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