217 Quotes by Noel Coward

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    It’s like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.

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    Entering an white tie and tails party wearing an ordinary suit, he announced,“Please, I don’t want anyone to apologize for over dressing.

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    I don’t believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

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    She stopped the show – but then the show wasn’t traveling very fast.

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    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.

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    People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what’s wrong with it.

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

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    Wouldn’t it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn’t have tea?

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