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: Noel Coward Quotes

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 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...

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

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

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.

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.

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.

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...

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 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...

Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may...

Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may...

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...

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

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

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

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

Learn the lines and don't bump into 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.

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

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

There's always something fishy about the French.

There's always something fishy about the French.

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.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this...

We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this...