Noel Coward Quotes

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Tasteful rather than expensive.

Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.

I say that is wine," Brett held up her glass. "We ought to toast something. 'Here's to royalty.'" "This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. you don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. you lose the taste." Brett's glass was empty.

Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

I prefer intellect and charm.

Sometimes, I find that just the simplest, cleanest things that are intelligently performed are funniest to me.

Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.

Italian style is a natural attitude. It is about a life of good taste. It doesn't have to be expensive. Simple but with good taste. Luxury is possible to buy. Good taste is not.

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

I have enough rings to cover both hands, but that is crass. There is a fine line between looking nice and looking over. Sometimes, I look at myself and say, 'Craig, that is over.' You have to be careful.

The way a woman carries herself and the way she dresses ought to promote the following types of words: modesty, discretion, wisdom, beauty, elegance and refinement, but not sensuality, luxury, extravagance.

I am a man of simple tastes-I am quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

Good taste rejects excessive nicety.

The fault of bad taste is usually in over-dressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for.

I prefer to regard a dessert as I would imagine the perfect woman: subtle, a little bittersweet, not blowsy and extrovert. Delicately made up, not highly rouged. Holding back, not exposing everything and, of course, with a flavor that lasts.

Culture is the ability to describe Jane Russell without moving your hands

True refinement seeks simplicity.

An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.

Money does not make you look expensive, it’s taste.

Good taste is synonymous with success in all fields of life. It's not a question of money, but of a trained eye.

Elegance thrives on exclusion.

True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.