Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I can take any amount of criticism, as long as it is unqualified praise.
Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?
Never mind, dear, we're all made the same, though some more than others.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.
I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.
I don't think pornography is harmful, but it is terribly, terribly boring.
I'm an enormously talented man, and there's no use pretending that I'm not.
I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.
It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, when the right people stay at home?
Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.
If he (Peter O'Toole) had been any prettier it would have been Florence of Arabia.
Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.
Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing.
Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspirin and marrons glaces.
You always ought to have tom cats arranged, you know - it makes 'em more companionable.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
It's like this, dear boy, the one in front is blind and the kind one behind is pushing him.
Passion in a dromedary doesn't go so deep; a camel when it's mating never sobs itself to sleep.
AMANDA: I think very few people are completely normal really, deep down in their private lives.
Wit is like caviar - it should be served in small portions and not spread about like marmalade.
Familiarity breeds contempt, but without a little familiarity it's impossible to breed anything.
What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.
As one gets older, one discovers everything is going to be exactly the same with different hats on.
We have no reliable guarantee that the afterlife will be any less exasperating than this one, have we?
Someday I suspect, when Jesus has definitely got me for a sunbeam, my works may be adequately assessed.
Sunburn is very becoming - but only when it is even - one must be careful not to look like a mixed grill.
I'll go and see anything so long as it amuses me, or moves me. If it doesn't do either I want to go home.
I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.
A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.
How was your flight? Well, aeronautically it was a great success. Socially, it left quite a bit to be desired.
The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand.
Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.
My body has certainly wandered a good deal, but I have an uneasy suspicion that my mind has not wandered enough.
Criticism and Bolshevism have one thing in common. They both seek to pull down that which they could never build.
At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun.
I will accept anything in the theatre . . . provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home.
It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see, That though the English are effete They're quite impervious to heat.
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.
Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.
You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable.
Labour leaders lead us all, though we know they bleed us all. Cheer our new Decline and Fall, Gibbon might have dreamed it all.
I never cared who scored the goal, or which side won the silver cup. I never learned to bat or bowl; but I heard the curtain going up.
Madame Bovary is the sexiest book imaginable. The woman's virtually a nyphomaniac but you won't find a vulgar word in the entire thing.
The air is like a draught of wine. The undertaker cleans his sign, The Hull express goes off the line, When it's raspberry time in Runcorn.
How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance.
You ask my advice about acting? Speak clearly, don't bump into the furniture and if you must have motivation, think of your pay packet on Friday.
Hollywood is a place where some people lie on the beach and look up at the stars, whereas other people lie on the stars and look down at the beach.
Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon The author of Lear remains unshaken Willie Herbert or Mary Fitton What does it matter? The Sonnets were written.