Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance.
Noel Coward
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
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
Faces
Lunch
Ever
Aging
Much
Foolish
Think
Door
Slam
Thinking
Doors
Gracious
Asks
Polite
Face
Wiser
Age
Advance
More quotes by Noel Coward
It's never too early for a cocktail.
Noel Coward
Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing.
Noel Coward
Passion in a dromedary doesn't go so deep a camel when it's mating never sobs itself to sleep.
Noel Coward
He's completely unspoiled by failure.
Noel Coward
Never trust a man with short legs. His brains are too near his bottom.
Noel Coward
It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.
Noel Coward
You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.
Noel Coward
I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all.
Noel Coward
Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.
Noel Coward
You always ought to have tom cats arranged, you know - it makes 'em more companionable.
Noel Coward
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
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be.
Noel Coward
My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.
Noel Coward
Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.
Noel Coward
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
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
Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt And frequently mortgaged to the hilt Is inclined to take the gilt Off the gingerbread, And certainly damps the fun Of the eldest son.
Noel Coward
I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.
Noel Coward
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
There isn't a particle of you that I don't know, remember, and want.
Noel Coward
