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
eight mad theatre
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.
stars knights play
Of course, the age-old tradition that a star must appear even if he or she is practically dying is an excellent one, but it can be carried too far. I one played a performance of The Knight of the Burning Pestle with a temperature of 103 and gave sixteen members of the company mumps, thereby closing the play and throwing everybody out of work. There may be a moral lurking somewhere in this, but I cannot for the life of me discover what it is.
acting theatre states
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be.
intellectual shots has-beens
He must have been an incredibly good shot.
friendship want remember
There isn't a particle of you that I don't know, remember, and want.
fuel youth sober
For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.
different hats
As one gets older, one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on.
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.
exercise squash
Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.
exercise secret awful
Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspirin and marrons glaces.
running spiritual determination
Running is the classical road to self-consciousn ess, self-awareness and self-reliance. Independence is the outstanding characteristic of a runner. He learns the harsh reality of his physical and spiritual limitations when he runs. He learns that personal commitment, sacrifice and determination are his only means to betterment. Runners get promoted only through self-conquest.
cheer fall history
Labour leaders lead us all, though we know they bleed us all. Cheer our new Decline and Fall, Gibbon might have dreamed it all.