Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp
Quentin Crisp25 December 1908 – 21 November 1999) was an English writer and raconteur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth25 December 1908
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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
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Manners are love in a cool climate.
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You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you.
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It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.
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What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.
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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
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Tears were to me what glass beads are to African traders.
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Don't do housework: after a few years the dirt doesn't get any worse.
complete love
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone- but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.
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Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically -- for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist -- but then what isn t?
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When coming to the end of an interview: 'You must stop this interview now as I have come to end of my personality'.
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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.
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Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.
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I told Mr. Hurt it was difficult for actors to play victims, but he has specialized in victims. When he stopped playing me, he played Caligula, which was only me in a sheet. Then he played The Elephant Man, which was only me with a paper bag over my head.