Quote

At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun.

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
Foreigners
Noon
Twelve
Dogs
Swoon
Mad
Midday
Dog
Natives
Sun
Work
Englishmen

More quotes by Noel Coward

Image
Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.
Noel Coward
Image
If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.
Noel Coward
Image
How about slipping out of those wet things and into a dry Martini?
Noel Coward
Image
Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)
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
The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven.
Noel Coward
Image
Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?
Noel Coward
Image
Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
Noel Coward
Image
I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.
Noel Coward
Image
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.
Noel Coward
Image
Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can
Noel Coward
Image
It's never too early for a cocktail.
Noel Coward
Image
I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.
Noel Coward
Image
A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.
Noel Coward
Image
He must have been an incredibly good shot.
Noel Coward
Image
I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.
Noel Coward
Image
I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to go home.
Noel Coward
Image
There are bad times just around the corner, There are dark clouds travelling through the sky, And it's no good whining, About a silver lining, For we know from experience they won't roll by...
Noel Coward
Image
Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build.
Noel Coward
Image
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.
Noel Coward