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
moving home long
I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to go home.
long criticism unqualified
I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise.
long has-beens
My life really has been one long extravaganza.
funny humor long
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
known
I've over-educated myself in all the things I shouldn't have known at all
pleasure rather sand
There's sand in the porridge and sand in the bed, / And if this is pleasure we'd rather be dead.
audience love mind somebody work
Put somebody you love in the audience in your mind and work for them,
appearing convinced looking television time
Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at
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.
issue personal
We're Regency Rakes / And each of us makes / A personal issue / Of adipose tissue.
dance leave tomorrow
Dance, dance, dance little lady, / Leave tomorrow behind.
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