Noel Coward
Noel Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Cowardwas an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth16 December 1899
children heart eye
An infant prodigy of nine is shoved upon the stage in white. She starts off in a dismal whine about a dark and stormy night, a burglar, whose heart is true, despite his wicked-looking face, who puts the little child in doom, to save her mamma's jewel case. This may bring tears to every eye; it does not set my heart on fire. I'd like to stand serenely by and watch that horrid child expire.
eye england heat
It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see, That though the English are effete They're quite impervious to heat.
eye acceptance my-own
It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but my own.
eye power people
Thousands of people have talent. I might as well congratulate you for having eyes in your head. The one and only thing that counts is: Do you have staying power?
war eye hands
My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.
cafe society
It was not Cafe Society, it was Nescafe Society.
careful grill mixed
Sunburn is very becoming, but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed grill
pleasure rather sand
There's sand in the porridge and sand in the bed, / And if this is pleasure we'd rather be dead.
known
I've over-educated myself in all the things I shouldn't have known at all
audience love mind somebody work
Put somebody you love in the audience in your mind and work for them,
began believe life since talent
I believe that since my life began / The most I've had is just / A talent to amuse.
bump learn lines
Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.
dance leave tomorrow
Dance, dance, dance little lady, / Leave tomorrow behind.
age age-and-aging endure expensive four horse love months refuse rocking
I refuse to endure months of expensive humiliation only to be told that at the age of four I was in love with my rocking horse