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

Quote by Noel Coward

Topics: Noel Coward Quotes

My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that...

My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

There's always something fishy about the French.

There's always something fishy about the French.

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...

I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.

I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.

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...

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

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

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...

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

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

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

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.

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out...

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out...

And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes,...

And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes,...

Getting an Education from MIT is like taking a drink from a Fire Hose.

Getting an Education from MIT is like taking a drink from a Fire Hose.

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds...

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds...