Noël Coward

“Work is more fun than fun.”

“Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.”

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

“I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.”

“Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.”

“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.”

“Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.”

“A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.”

“Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.”

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

“I've a perfect genius for doing the wrong thing.”

“I am an enormously talented man, and there is no point in denying it.”

“The higher the building the lower the morals.”

“Having to read a footnote resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.”

“Cocktails and laughter, but what comes after?”

“It is not true that critics are failed actors, but it is true that actors are failed critics.”