If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.
NOEL COWARD I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with havin...
NOEL COWARD Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
NOEL COWARD I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
NOEL COWARD I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again.
NOEL COWARD There's always something fishy about the French.
NOEL COWARD Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
NOEL COWARD The higher the building the lower the morals.
NOEL COWARD Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
NOEL COWARD I have always paid income tax. I object only when it reaches a stage when I am threatened with havin...
NOEL COWARD My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremen...
NOEL COWARD I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
NOEL COWARD The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.
NOEL COWARD Television is for appearing on - not for looking at.
NOEL COWARD I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk abo...
NOEL COWARD Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assess...
NOEL COWARD It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
NOEL COWARD It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
NOEL COWARD I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
NOEL COWARD I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
NOEL COWARD That strange feeling we had in the war. Have you found anything in your lives since to equal it in s...
NOEL COWARD Work is more fun than fun.
NOEL COWARD People are wrong when they say that the opera isn't what it used to be. It is what it used to be. Th...
NOEL COWARD Your motivation? Your motivation is your pay packet on Friday. Now get on with it.
NOEL COWARD I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.
NOEL COWARD There's always something fishy about the French.
NOEL COWARD People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is wh...
NOEL COWARD Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on--not for looking at.
NOEL COWARD Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
NOEL COWARD Time has convinced me of one thing: Television is for appearing on - not for looking at
NOEL COWARD I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about t...
NOEL COWARD I've sometimes thought of marrying - and then I've thought again.
NOEL COWARD My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wand...
NOEL COWARD Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade
NOEL COWARD I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again
NOEL COWARD I believe that since my life began / The most I've had is just / A talent to amuse.
NOEL COWARD The sun never sets on Government House.
NOEL COWARD Whatever crimes the Proletariat commits / It can't be beastly to the Children of the Ritz.
NOEL COWARD Consider the public. Never fear it nor despise it. Coax it, charm it, interest it, stimulate it, sho...
NOEL COWARD Work is much more fun than fun.
NOEL COWARD But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, / When the right people stay at home?
NOEL COWARD Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.
NOEL COWARD He sleeps and sleeps, and the days go by, ... I love him dearly and for ever, but this lack of drive...
NOEL COWARD I'll go through life either first class or third, but never in second.
NOEL COWARD Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.
NOEL COWARD Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.
NOEL COWARD It was not Cafe Society, it was Nescafe Society.
NOEL COWARD I've over-educated myself in all the things I shouldn't have known at all
NOEL COWARD We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have w...
NOEL COWARD He's completely unspoiled by failure
NOEL COWARD It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
NOEL COWARD Everybody worships me, it's nauseating
NOEL COWARD Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.
NOEL COWARD I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
NOEL COWARD Sunburn is very becoming, but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed gr...
NOEL COWARD The higher the buildings, the lower the morals
NOEL COWARD I refuse to endure months of expensive humiliation only to be told that at the age of four I was in ...
NOEL COWARD There's sand in the porridge and sand in the bed, / And if this is pleasure we'd rather be dead.
NOEL COWARD There are bad times just around the corner,/ We can all look forward to despair, / It's as clear as ...
NOEL COWARD We're Regency Rakes / And each of us makes / A personal issue / Of adipose tissue.
NOEL COWARD But it must be somebody who loves you. The best was my father, or Harry.
NOEL COWARD Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
NOEL COWARD The child was a keen bed-wetter.
NOEL COWARD Never trust a man with short legs-his brains are too near his bottom
NOEL COWARD Put somebody you love in the audience in your mind and work for them,
NOEL COWARD Extraordinary how potent cheap music is
NOEL COWARD Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable He...
NOEL COWARD Certain women should be struck regularly, like gongs
NOEL COWARD Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.
NOEL COWARD Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.
NOEL COWARD People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is wh...
NOEL COWARD Just say the lines and don't trip over the furniture.
NOEL COWARD Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievabl...
NOEL COWARD I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise.
NOEL COWARD Wit ought to be a glorious treat, like caviar. Never spread it around like marmelade.
SIR NOEL COWARD The human race is a letdown, Ernest — a bad, bad letdown. And I’m disgusted with it. It thinks i...
NOëL COWARD It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
NOëL COWARD One of the reasons for the failure of feminism to dislodge deeply held perceptions of male and femal...
ROSALIND COWARD Most of the people who attend these openings are artists, musicians and students; now they can come ...
MEGHAN COWARD I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.
NOëL COWARD I like long walks, especialy when they are taken by people who annoy me.
NOëL COWARD Womanism is feminism's vulgate. It asserts that women are the oppressed or the victims and never the...
ROSALIND COWARD ERNEST FRIEDLANDER: Be quiet! Be quiet!

LEO MERCURÉ: Why should we be quiet? You’re ma...
NOëL COWARD LEO MERCURÉ: The Daily Express says (the play)’s disgusting.

GILDA: We should b...
NOëL COWARD Success is far more perilous than failure, isn’t it? You’ve got to be doubly strong and watchful...
NOëL COWARD It's a sad reflection on society how many people are shocked by honesty... and how few by dishonesty...
NOëL COWARD Time is the reef upon which all our mystic ships are wrecked.
NOëL COWARD We'd love to be able to make studio visits, but it's really hard to do that. We prefer it when peopl...
MEGHAN COWARD Strange how potent cheap music is.
NOëL COWARD Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?
NOëL COWARD I don't know what London's coming to — the higher the buildings the lower the morals.
NOëL COWARD Sometimes Molly will fly out to L.A. for a few days, raid the gallery scene there, and come back wit...
MEGHAN COWARD Sometimes you have a concept first, and then you try to find artists that echo the idea you have.
MEGHAN COWARD What's problematic about playing stadiums and driving around in private jets and drinking champa...
NOEL GALLAGHER If everyone in the music business were brutally honest about what their intentions were then you cou...
NOEL GALLAGHER I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's u...
NOEL CLARKE I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' ...
NOEL GALLAGHER I've grown to love California: It's the dream of every English musician to come here and wor...
NOEL GALLAGHER Some of the worst things are done with the best intentions, Petra,” August said. “You shouldn’...
KRIS NOEL Hating requires caring. In which case, I couldn't possibly hate you.
ALYSON NOEL The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward withou...
ALYSON NOEL What if men take to following where He leads, weary of mumbling Athanasian creeds?
RODEN NOEL Gracefully, gracefully glides our bark On the bosom of Father Thames, And before her bows the ...
THOMAS NOEL American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over t...
NOEL GALLAGHER When you're in a band and there's five of you, you have to accommodate five people in every ...
NOEL GALLAGHER I've never been asked to do a collaboration. I guess I just don't give off that come-and-get...
NOEL GALLAGHER I remember the '70s constantly being winter in Manchester and the Irish community in Manchester ...
NOEL GALLAGHER You've got to be strong enough for love. It's very easy to be cool and cynical. It's ver...
NOEL GALLAGHER We don't always get the journey we want. But we always get the journey we need.
ALYSON NOEL Own your own dreams

Cornelius Crapp to Gerald Crapp
NOEL DAVID What a tangle love is.
ALYSON NOEL Great music is in the ear of the beholder.
NOEL GALLAGHER Fame is something that is bestowed upon you because of success. Success is something you have to cha...
NOEL GALLAGHER I think it's important that we have a new batch of British film-makers that aren't doing the...
NOEL CLARKE Producers like to record all the drums first, then they do the bass, then all the guitars, so you...
NOEL GALLAGHER When I was 16 I'd watch 'The Godfather,' but I didn't think, 'Right, I'm goi...
NOEL GALLAGHER Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets ...
NOEL GALLAGHER I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their a...
NOEL GALLAGHER My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.
NOEL REDDING Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's ...
NOEL GALLAGHER I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.
NOEL GALLAGHER People can criticise me all day long. It just washes off me. You might as well be talking to a wall.
NOEL CLARKE I'm against people downloading music.
NOEL GALLAGHER There's a grim one-horse hearse in a jolly round trot; To the churchyear a pauper is going I wot; ...
THOMAS NOEL Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush beca...
NOEL GALLAGHER The whole goal for me with my career is just follow good projects and good parts and challenge mysel...
NOEL FISHER When you're the cash cow that lays the golden goose egg, people are always going to cheer you on...
NOEL GALLAGHER As a kid, I think people would have described me more as a goofball, or being energetic. But I alway...
NOEL WELLS I don't think people need to know what colour socks I'm wearing today; I don't think peo...
NOEL GALLAGHER If I were in the Beatles, I'd be a good George Harrison.
NOEL GALLAGHER There's been no friction,
NOEL GALLAGHER We know he's an explosive guy. But he's shown this week he can run between the tackles, which we wer...
NOEL MAZZONE They're a great team so I wouldn't call [my reaction] stunned. They just made plays and we didn't.
DAVID NOEL Generally, an indie film in the U.K. is put together much like in the states. We got a tax credit. Y...
NOEL CLARKE Forgiveness is healing. Especially forgiving yourself
ALYSON NOEL I thought it was real. But by morning, all I had left were fragmented pieces, shifting images with n...
ALYSON NOEL But the moment our eyes meet, I'm right back under his spell, a helpless hunk of steel to his irresi...
ALYSON NOEL You'll always be safe with me.
ALYSON NOEL Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any fun.
ALYSON NOEL She's kind of a, well, you know, a B with an itch.
ALYSON NOEL Only love heals. Anger, guilt, and fear can only destroy and separate you from your true capabilitie...
ALYSON NOEL Today's worries are yesterday's fears and tomorrow's stories.
ALYSON NOEL You never know what you have till you've lost it.
ALYSON NOEL I guess by now I should know enough about loss to realize that you never really stop missing someone...
ALYSON NOEL I don't dislike rappers or hip-hop or people who like it. I went to the Def Jam tour in Manchest...
NOEL GALLAGHER Americans are crazy. They have this fascination with throwing their shoes on stage. I've been to...
NOEL GALLAGHER I did work in a bakery for one day. But the boss went off and when he came back I was lying on the f...
NOEL FIELDING Deep down inside, my heart knew the score.
And I know that Haven was wrong.
It's not alway...
ALYSON NOEL Now we all drink Pepsi
NOEL GALLAGHER The A380 burns a lot less fuel than any other airplane on the seat per mile cost, so it is very favo...
NOEL FORGEARD We got a little shaky there. But we regained our composure.
HANNAH NOEL I started doing stand-up on my own and I met Julian within a year, and straight away we started to g...
NOEL FIELDING With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before ...
NOEL GALLAGHER To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace a...
NOEL GALLAGHER Whiteness is not a culture. There is Irish culture and Italian culture and American culture - the la...
NOEL IGNATIEV Well, I'd had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that.
NOEL REDDING The Fat Mattress consisted of people I'd played with before joining the 'Experience and it w...
NOEL REDDING At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.
NOEL REDDING You can't put a load of rockstars up on a stage and expect to wipe out global poverty. That'...
NOEL GALLAGHER With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before ...
NOEL GALLAGHER I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my world.
NOEL GALLAGHER I'm equal part genius, equal part buffoon.
NOEL GALLAGHER They should be shot. [on the Backstreet Boys ]
NOEL GALLAGHER I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my Mum. I know I've got Irish blood because I wake up everyday w...
NOEL GALLAGHER [I doubt] one of these guys from the G8 is on a quick 15-minute break at Gleneagles and sees Annie L...
NOEL GALLAGHER We were able to provide housing to all who need it. We've had incredibly generous offers from alumni...
NOEL GALLAGHER We're talking about doing some stuff with them, but I don't know that anything will come of that, .....
NOEL GALLAGHER A lot of things are said in dressing rooms at 4 o'clock in the morning when you're drunk. We're talk...
NOEL GALLAGHER I had already cleaned up my act two years ago now, before my wife was even pregnant. But I suppose t...
NOEL GALLAGHER I'm not like John Lennon, who thought he was the great Almighty. I just think I'm John Lennon.
NOEL GALLAGHER Some might say that sunshine follows thunderGo and tell it to the man who cannot shineSome might say...
NOEL GALLAGHER I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like ...
NOEL CLARKE When a leader replaces the value of selfless service with selfish ambition they have officially regr...
NOEL DEJESUS I'm a happy-go-lucky character. I'm not that miserable. But I can never let anyone into my w...
NOEL GALLAGHER Six hundred years is an awfully long time, Ever. So long it's impossible for either of us to imagine...
ALYSON NOEL As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.
NOEL GALLAGHER When you get to a certain age you find that other people’s opinions don’t really matter anymore,...
NOEL GALLAGHER Bring the partners in early at the conceptual stage as part of the development of the concept. Make ...
NOEL HINNERS I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't loo...
NOEL GALLAGHER Love is never lost between two just misinterpreted misunderstood and more often distracted and disto...
DWANTE NOEL There are a thousand forms of subversion, but few can equal the convenience and immediacy of a cream...
NOEL GODIN We are extremely honored that Virgin Atlantic has decided to become the British launch customer for ...
NOEL FORGEARD HP takes a federated approach with most of the emphasis on the reconciliation engine. Federation all...
JASMINE NOEL Secretary Rice spoke to the Quartet principals this morning to discuss the situation in the Palestin...
NOEL CLAY The CAB brand and Star Ranch Angus Beef have been very successful programs for Tyson, and we?re exci...
NOEL WHITE I've always been into guitars... we want to put keyboards on, but keyboard players don't look cool o...
NOEL GALLAGHER You need to tell me why it won’t work.”
“Because you’re seventeen and I’m eighteen. B...
KRIS NOEL Then August knew. Thomas didn’t dwell on things. Thomas was strong, and he didn’t know what it w...
KRIS NOEL And now I'm right back where I started. Sober and miserable.
ALYSON NOEL There's nothing good on the news. You're not telling me CNN is all cats in trees, are you? N...
NOEL GALLAGHER I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to d...
NOEL REDDING It was almost a crash course. He's not used to playing at this level ? and it's not October, it's Ap...
CLAUDE NOEL Life is still life. It’s still tough, complicated, and more than a little messy, with lessons to b...
ALYSON NOEL The ethanol pump tour brings national exposure to the localities it stops in. Renewable fuels such a...
BRUCE NOEL There was great emotion from both teams in the first period. The game was being called tighter tonig...
CLAUDE NOEL The question is, can we play hard and smart? And I thought we did a pretty good job tonight. There's...
CLAUDE NOEL What it comes down to is that the players decide the game in the end. It's different things on diffe...
CLAUDE NOEL He'll probably be our top offensive center.
CLAUDE NOEL Be prepared for the first meeting by bringing a list of questions. Do your homework, but understand ...
NOEL MAYE It is unbelievable. People will spend more time planning their vacation than researching the person ...
NOEL MAYE