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: People Quotes, Thought Quotes

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.

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.

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.

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

People are lucky and unlucky...according to the ratio between what they get and what they...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our...