217 Quotes by Noel Coward

The air is like a draught of wine. The undertaker cleans his sign, The Hull express goes off the line, When it's raspberry time in Runcorn.

Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.

Never trust a man with short legs. His brains are too near his bottom.

I'm over-educated in the things I shouldn't have known at all.

My philosophy is as simple as ever - smoking, drinking, moderate sexual intercourse on a diminishing scale, reading and writing (not arithmetic). I have a selfish absorption in the well-being and achievement of Noel Coward.

Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)

Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.

Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt And frequently mortgaged to the hilt Is inclined to take the gilt Off the gingerbread, And certainly damps the fun Of the eldest son.

If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia.