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
women gongs certain
Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs.
marriage aftermath
Marriage is the aftermath of love.
years perfect acting
Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood aside to allow God to go on first. I can also remember that on that particular occasion He gave a singularly uninspired performance.
sarcastic mustache common
She had much in common with Hitler, only no mustache.
sarcastic lips stampede
I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.
eye acceptance my-own
It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own.
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.
dying tomorrow famous-last-words
Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.
wine air lines
The air is like a draught of wine. The undertaker cleans his sign, The Hull express goes off the line, When it's raspberry time in Runcorn.
vegetables green overrated
I also avoid green vegetables. They're grossly overrated.
caviar marmalade should
Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
long has-beens
My life really has been one long extravaganza.
educated known
I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all.
music stars quality
Star quality: I don't know what it is, but I've got it.