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

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

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 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...

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

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

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...

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by...

It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by...

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

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

The higher the building the lower the morals.

The higher the building the lower the morals.

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.

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 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.

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.

There's always something fishy about the French.

There's always something fishy about the French.

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 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...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Individual character involves honoring and embracing certain core ethical values; honesty, respect, responsibility . ....

Individual character involves honoring and embracing certain core ethical values; honesty, respect, responsibility . ....

Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.