Noel Coward
Playwright
1899-12-16
Quotes by Noel Coward
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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.
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Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.
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Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.
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I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
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Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
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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.
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My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.
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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.
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Work is much more fun than fun.
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I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.
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Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspiring and marrons glaces.
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At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun.
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Passion in a dromedary doesn't go so deep; a camel when it's mating never sobs itself to sleep.
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My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic). I have a selfish absorption in the well-being and achievement of Noel Coward.
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Why do the wrong people travel, travel, travel, When the right people stay back home?
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Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs. Worthington, Don't put your daughter on the stage, The profession is overcrowdedAnd the struggle's pretty toughAnd admitting the fact She's burning to act, That isn't quite enough.
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