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.

Quote by Noel Coward

Topics: People Quotes, Thought Quotes

Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.

Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.

Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for...

Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for...

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

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

I refuse to endure months of expensive humiliation only to be told that at the...

I refuse to endure months of expensive humiliation only to be told that at the...

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.

Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Work is much more fun than fun.

Work is much more fun than fun.

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are...

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are...

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

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

I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a...

I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a...

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.

Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.

Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.

Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

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

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