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
higher lower morals
The higher the buildings, the lower the morals
friday motivation work
Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.
bump learn lines
Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.
pigs virginia sound
Any part of the piggy Is quite all right with me Ham from Westphalia, ham from Parma Ham as lean as the Dalai Lama Ham from Virginia, ham from York, Trotters Sausages, hot roast pork. Crackling crisp for my teeth to grind on Bacon with or without the rind on Though humanitarian I'm not a vegetarian. I'm neither crank nor prude nor prig And though it may sound infra dig Any part of the darling pig Is perfectly fine with me.
drinking beer alcohol
I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
scrap
Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can
nice care cups
I don't much care for Hollywood, I'd rather have a nice cup of cocoa.
stupidity throat
Christmas is at our throats again.
slipping dry culinary
How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini?
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.
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.