English - Playwright | December 16, 1899 - March 26, 1973
Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.
Noel Coward
SickLooksSheBeenJustMona
I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.
StarsWalkBlameBelieveI CanOnly
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
HonestyPeopleThinkDeceitShocked
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.
PeopleWrongSayThey SayOpera
We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
WillReliableGuaranteeThanLess
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
TreatNeverWitSpreadGlorious
I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.
LifeGoClassNeverFirstThrough
I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.
ThoughtSometimesAgainMarrying
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.
StrengthTogetherWarYouFeeling
I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
LoveCriticismLongPraiseJust
Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.
MindOthersMoreNeverSameMade
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
SuccessMeHerLikeTookBosom
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