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
dog sleep mad
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun; The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to; Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve to one, But Englishmen detest a siesta.
eight mad theatre
Acting is not a state of being ... but a state of appearing to be. You can't be eight times a week without going stark staring mad. You've got to be in control.
dog mad sun
Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.
mind literature made
Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.
dog mad twelve
At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun.
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