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
QUENTIN CRISPIn England, the system is benign and the people are hostile. In America, the people are friendlyand the system is brutal!
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
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What my parents thought of this, I don’t know. But they bore it. And the real problem was not my sin, but my unemployability.
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An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.
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The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only have to take stock of what you consider your assets but you also have to take a long look at what your friends call “the trouble with you.” Nevertheless, the journey is worth making.
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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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You don’t have to deal with anyone in America. They accept you the way you are.
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Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
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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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However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.
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It’s no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, ‘Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.’ By then, pigs will be your style.
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To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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I’ve never not been famous.
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You must stop this interview now as I have come to end of my personality.
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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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