The worst part of being gay in the twentieth century is all that damn disco music to which one has to listen.
QUENTIN CRISPIs not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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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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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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To live in the past is to miss today’s opportunities and tomorrow’s blessings.
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The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
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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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It’s been agony but I couldn’t have done it any other way.
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It’s a strange situation, but people will pay your fare to get you to go and tell them how to be happy.
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You don’t have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.
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It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn’t give enough.
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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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The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as ‘Soho’ poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.
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The trouble with children is that they’re not returnable.
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Happiness is the only thing I understand.
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Manners are love in a cool climate.
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