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 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.

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

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

There's always something fishy about the French.

There's always something fishy about the French.

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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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

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

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

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

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

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

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

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.

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.

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...