Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.

Quote by Noel Coward

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...

And if I drink oblivion of a day, So shorten I the stature of my...