If you describe things as better than they are, you are considered to be a romantic; if you describe things as worse than they are, you will be called a realist; and if you describe things exactly as they are, you will be thought of as a satirist.
QUENTIN CRISPEuphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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Exhibitionism is like a drug. Hooked in adolescence I was now taking doses so massive they would have killed a novice.
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I never saw Portsmouth by day.
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I’ve never not been famous.
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Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbors.
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I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!
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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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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
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I never spend my time doing anything I’ll have to do again tomorrow.
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Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then?
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don’t know who you are.
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I’m happy to say she was laughing while she said it, but she meant it. I’ve never learned to be a candle burning in an empty room. So I go on the screen, and I say whatever I’m told to say.
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One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.
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To lose is not always failure.
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Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who…have already accepted as inevitable the wide gulf between their real futures and the expectations of their fantasies.
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If I have any talent at all, it is not for doing but for being.
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