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
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The higher the buildings, the lower the morals
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Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.
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Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.
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He sleeps and sleeps, and the days go by, ... I love him dearly and for ever, but this lack of drive in any direction is a bad augury for the future. I am willing and happy to look after him for the rest of my life, but he must do something. If only he would take up some occupation and stick to it. I know that he is unhappy inside but, alas, with his natural resilience these moments of self-revelation dissipate and on go the years, and he will be an elderly man who has achieved nothing at all.
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Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
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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.
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I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
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Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can
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I don't much care for Hollywood, I'd rather have a nice cup of cocoa.
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Christmas is at our throats again.
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How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini?
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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.
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You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable.
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Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.