Noel Coward
Noel Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Cowardwas an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth16 December 1899
slipping dry culinary
How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini?
loyalty years careers
Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.
nature travel flight
How was your flight? Well, aeronautically it was a great success. Socially, it left quite a bit to be desired.
nice kissing inevitable
You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable.
caviar marmalade should
Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
fishy
There's always something fishy about the French.
journey acting furniture
Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
florence arabia peter
If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia.
cocktails
It's never too early for a cocktail.
down-and fool accepting
It's no good pacing up and down. It won't make the plane arrive any faster. Just sit down and accept that we're delayed. You're just making a fool of yourself.
sleep passion camels
Passion in a dromedary doesn't go so deep; a camel when it's mating never sobs itself to sleep.
advice becoming looks
Sunburn is very becoming - but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed grill.
indolence courses
Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing.
appearing convinced looking television time
Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at