Quotes by Noel Coward

“Dance, dance, dance little lady, / Leave tomorrow behind.”

“Its discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”

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

“Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at”

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

“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.”

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

“I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.”

“Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs”

“People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is whats wrong with it.”

“I love criticism just so long as its unqualified praise.”

As one gets older one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on.

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

My advice about acting? Speak clearly dont bump into people and if you must have motivation think of your pay packet on Friday.

It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of but my own.

Good heavens television is something you appear on you dont watch.

Work is more fun than fun.

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

Work is much more fun than fun.

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.