Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

Quote by Noel Coward

Topics: Noel Coward Quotes

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

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

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.

Work is much more fun than fun.

Work is much more fun than fun.

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.

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.

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

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

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'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.

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...

There's always something fishy about the French.

There's always something fishy about the French.

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...

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

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

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...

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

The surest sign of age is loneliness.

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was...

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was...

Age is honourable and youth is noble.

Age is honourable and youth is noble.

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into...

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into...