Quotes by Noël Coward

“Judith (sadly): A change has come over my children of late. I have tried to shut my eyes to it, but in vain. At my time of life one must face bitter facts!”

“If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.”

“Work is much more fun than fun.”

“That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was, holding us together.”

“I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with having nothing left for my old age - which is due to start next Tuesday or Wednesday.”

“Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will fi...”

“As one gets older one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on.”

“My body has certainly wandered a good deal but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.”

“My advice about acting? Speak clearly don't bump into people and if you must have motivation think of your pay packet on Friday.”

“It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of but my own.”

“Good heavens television is something you appear on you don't watch.”

“Work is more fun than fun.”

“If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that th...”

“Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.”

“What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.”

“Success is far more perilous than failure, isn’t it? You’ve got to be doubly strong and watchful and wary.”

“All that technical expertise isn't worth a damn if you don't get the best out of people, though. . . . These were leaders who saw strength in ordinary people and showed them how to break tyranny.”

“Strange how potent cheap music is.”

“An echo from the past when, innocentWe looked upon the present with delightAnd doubted not the future would be kinderAnd never knew the loneliness of night.”

“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”