The … problem that confronts homosexuals is that they set out to win the love of a “real” man. If they succeed, they fail. A man who “goes with” other men is not what they would call a real man. The conundrum is incapable of resolution, but that does not make homosexuals give it up.
QUENTIN CRISPBecause it is in the nature of things that they become extreme, we have passed down from manliness to cruelty. If I had been told when I was 20 that there was a tavern in the town where the brave and the cruel were gathered together,
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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The curiosity of the neighbors about you, is a tribute to your individuality, and you should encourage it
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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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Men get laid, but women get screwed.
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Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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I’ve never not been famous.
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I asked a girl who came from America to England, when I was only English, and she admitted she had been to a drama school. And I said, “What did they teach you?” And she said, “They taught me to be a candle burning in an empty room.”
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Flowers are words even a baby can understand.
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If I were God – and I never understand why I’m not – I should say, “Shop around, I don’t think you’ll find a better bargain than here.”
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Believe in fate, but lean forward where fate can see you.
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There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse.
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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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Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
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However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, ‘Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don’t believe?’
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When asked, ‘Shall I tell my mother I’m gay?’, I reply, ‘Never tell your mother anything.
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