Quentin Crisp (to handsome young man on the street): “What’s the matter, sexy? Don’t you like dehydrated fruit?
QUENTIN CRISPI don’t think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn’t something you’ve done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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I never saw Portsmouth by day.
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Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
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The flagrantly gay Quentin Crisp dealt with homophobic bullying by refusing to bow to its onslaught. His number listed in the phone directory, he responded to derogatory remarks accompanied with a stated intent to kill him by asking, “Would you like to make an appointment?”
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In England, the system is benign and the people are hostile. In America, the people are friendlyand the system is brutal!
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I never spend my time doing anything I’ll have to do again tomorrow.
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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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You can’t be a person and a lady. If you’re a person, you can open the damned door yourself.
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If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.
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The gymnasiacs of Venice, in California, are so addicted to these practices that there has arisen a nation of men who can no longer put their arms against their sides
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It’s been agony but I couldn’t have done it any other way.
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If you truly love me, kill the bartender.
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People are not heterosexual or homosexual, just sexual.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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