Noel Coward Quotes

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

Noel Coward

• Honesty
• Deceit
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• I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Me
  • Find
  • Mad

• I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.

  

  Naomie Harris
  • Book
  • Day
  • Grateful

• When I first started doing comedy years ago, I used to be the biggest Michael Richards fan. I used to love this dude. He was on a TV show called 'Fridays,' and man, he was tall and lanky - and I was tall and lanky. I love physical comedy, and he was a physical comedian, and I said, 'Man, I love this guy.'

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • Love
  • Guy
  • Man

• I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Love
  • American
  • America

• I was married for four years, then success happened.

  

  Jackee Harry
  • Success
  • Years
  • Married

• I never really had a job, because I've been cycling from such a young age: there was never really a time to have a job. My mum went into Starbucks once and asked if they had a job for me, and they offered me one - but I never took it up because I couldn't fit the job in with school and cycling.

  

  Laura Trott
  • Up
  • Time
  • School

• I can make dressing - or stuffing. Y'all call it stuffing up here, we call it dressing down there. It's really good dressing. That family recipe was passed on, and I love to make that.

  

  Edie Brickell
  • Up
  • Good
  • Family

• One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Centre
  • Maelstrom

• I never get to the end of mortifying sin because sin in my heart, where it's still marauding even though it's no longer dominant, sin in my heart is constantly expressing itself in new disorderly desires.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • Heart
  • End
  • New

• I'm not a real film buff. Unfortunately, I don't have time. I just don't go. And I become very nervous when I go to a film because I worry so much about the director and it is hard for me to digest my popcorn.

  

  David Lynch The Platters
  • Time
  • Real
  • Worry

• My job is just to go out and play hard every day.

  

  Andrew Benintendi
  • Job

• I am always searching for something different or something fresh, something hasn't been done. But the truth is, at the end of the day, we're all sort of retelling something. We're doing a version of something that's already been done.

  

  Lena Waithe
  • Different
  • Done
  • Truth

• I had a second-degree-blue-belt test, and I broke two boards with my right foot, and the next day I walked into school, and no one ever picked on me again. I suddenly believed in myself and respected myself. I had some inkling of my power, so the bullying stopped instantly.

  

  Jillian Michaels
  • School
  • Power
  • Blue

• Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.

  

  James Lovelock

• If you can relate to what another person is going through while giving their experience room to be its own discrete thing, you're probably a crackerjack emergency contact.

  

  Mary H.K. Choi
  • Experience
  • Giving

• I think big business is a terrible thing for the spirit of the country, as our spirit is the best thing about us.

  

  Kurt Vonnegut
  • Country
  • Business

• I managed to get onto 'The Hobbit,' which is a story in itself. I missed the main round of auditions but managed to get a foot in the door at the last second - just as I came down with dysentery.

  

  Conan Stevens
  • Door

• When I dress up for events, I prefer Marc Jacobs and Dior. But I dream about wearing Chanel one day.

  

  Lucy Hale
  • Up
  • Dream

• Pro football is like nuclear warfare. There are no winners, only survivors.

  

  Frank Gifford
  • Football

• We are all born sexual creatures,thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.

  

  Marilyn Monroe
  • People
  • God
  • Born

• I just want to stay creative, share my ideas and see where it all leads.

  

  Becky G
  • Want
  • Ideas
  • Creative

• The number one thing I look for is personality. For me, the personality of someone makes them more and more attractive over time ... and for those with bad personalities, less and less attractive. I look for honesty, intelligence, kindness, and a good work ethic, to name a few.

  

  Manika
  • Time
  • Good
  • Work

• I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.

  

  Neil Strauss
  • People
  • Up
  • Truth

• It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

  

  Noel Coward
  • Honesty
  • Deceit
  • Shocked