Top 24 Quotes by Ivor Novello

There are very few misanthropes, thank goodness!

I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer.

A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.

Love-making is an art which must be studied.

Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of booking seats, without the presence of other people.

Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having.

The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.

There's something Vichy about the French.

You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to.

It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.