To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
QUENTIN CRISPIn 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.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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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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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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You must stop this interview now as I have come to end of my personality.
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The trouble with European cities is that they are drenched in their history, almost all of which is terrible.
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In Manhattan, every flat surface is a potential stage and every inattentive waiter an unemployed, possibly unemployable, actor.
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Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbors.
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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.
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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 don’t really act. I say the words the way I would say them if I meant them.
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As we all know from witnessing the consuming jealousy of husbands who are never faithful, people do not confine themselves to the emotions to which they are entitled.
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A fair share of anything is starvation diet to an egomaniac.
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The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
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An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.
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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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For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.
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