Noel Coward

Noel Coward

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Biography

Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".

"Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again."

Noel Coward

"I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday."

Noel Coward

"The higher the building the lower the morals."

Noel Coward

"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is."

Noel Coward

"That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together."

Noel Coward

"Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor."

Noel Coward

"That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together."

Noel Coward

"As one gets older one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on."

Noel Coward

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

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

"If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday."

Noel Coward

"Work is much more fun than fun."

Noel Coward

"My advice about acting? Speak clearly don't bump into people and if you must have motivation think of your pay packet on Friday."

Noel Coward

"My advice about acting? Speak clearly don't bump into people and if you must have motivation think of your pay packet on Friday."

Noel Coward

"Good heavens television is something you appear on you don't watch."

Noel Coward

"Work is more fun than fun."

Noel Coward