Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
Noel Coward

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

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

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.
Noel Coward

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.
Noel Coward

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.
Noel Coward

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

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