Quote

People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it.

Noel Coward

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Noel Coward
Age: 73 †
Born: 1899
Born: December 16
Died: 1973
Died: March 26
Actor
Author
Composer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Film Score Composer
Lyricist
Musician
Playwright
Screenwriter
Singer
London
England
Sir Coward
Noel Coward
Noel Pierce Coward
Sir Noel Coward
Noël Peirce Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward
Funny
Used
People
Opera
Humorous
Wrong

More quotes by Noel Coward

Image
I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home.
Noel Coward
Image
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
Noel Coward
Image
She stopped the show - but then the show wasn't traveling very fast.
Noel Coward
Image
My life really has been one long extravaganza.
Noel Coward
Image
To take a gloomy view of life is not part of my philosophy to laugh at the idiocies of my fellow creatures is. However, at this particular moment I cannot find so much to laugh at as I would like.
Noel Coward
Image
I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.
Noel Coward
Image
It's never too early for a cocktail.
Noel Coward
Image
Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
Noel Coward
Image
I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.
Noel Coward
Image
Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.
Noel Coward
Image
Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing.
Noel Coward
Image
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve to one, But Englishmen detest a siesta.
Noel Coward
Image
I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.
Noel Coward
Image
Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
Noel Coward
Image
If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.
Noel Coward
Image
Las Vegas: It was not cafe society, it was Nescafe society
Noel Coward
Image
You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday.
Noel Coward
Image
You always ought to have tom cats arranged, you know - it makes 'em more companionable.
Noel Coward
Image
There isn't a particle of you that I don't know, remember, and want.
Noel Coward
Image
I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all.
Noel Coward