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

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I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.

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...

That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives...

That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives...

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...

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...

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

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

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

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.

Work is much more fun than fun.

Work is much more fun than fun.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...

I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when...

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...

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

Johnny's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine...I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government.

Johnny's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine...I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government.