The young always have the same problem – how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
QUENTIN CRISPNeither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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I had a friend who had two degrees of being made up: when invited I would say ‘Can I make up?’ and he would say ‘Oh yes – tinted?’, or he would say, ‘Oh yes – clotted?’
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Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people.
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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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However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.
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There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can’t think what to do with the long winter evenings.
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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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Men get laid, but women get screwed.
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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
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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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I never say ‘No’ to anything.
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Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret.
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I have to realise that as I am only English and am allowed to live in America, I have to give something in return. And since I cannot build a hospital, or endow a university, I can only give my infinite availability.
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I simply haven’t the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.
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You must stop this interview now as I have come to end of my personality.
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It may be true that artists adopt a flamboyant appearance, but it’s also true that people who look funny get stuck with the arts.
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