Explore Quotes by Noel Coward

I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or bowl; but I heard the curtain going up.

He's completely unspoiled by failure.

I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.

She had much in common with Hitler, only no mustache.

An infant prodigy of nine is shoved upon the stage in white. She starts off in a dismal whine about a dark and stormy night, a burglar, whose heart is true, despite his wicked-looking face, who puts the little child in doom, to save her mamma's jewel case. This may bring tears to every eye; it does not set my heart on fire. I'd like to stand serenely by and watch that horrid child expire.

It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own.

Why do I drink Champagne for breakfast? Doesn't everyone?

Work is much more fun than fun.

Grab it while you can — grab every scrap of happiness while you can

To know you are among people whom you love, and who love you – that has made all the successes wonderful, much more wonderful than they'd have been anyway.

Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?

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.

You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable.

Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.

What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.

Thousands of people have talent. I might as well congratulate you for having eyes in your head. The one and only thing that counts is: Do you have staying power?

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...

My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.

AMANDA: I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives.