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.
QUENTIN CRISPSex is the last refuge of the miserable.
More Quentin Crisp Quotes
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Flowers are words even a baby can understand.
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You must stop this interview now as I have come to end of my personality.
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In England, nobody’s your friend.
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An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.
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To live in the past is to miss today’s opportunities and tomorrow’s blessings.
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If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.
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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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When asked, ‘Shall I tell my mother I’m gay?’, I reply, ‘Never tell your mother anything.
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Abatement in the hostility of one’s enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat.
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I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!
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Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people.
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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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The trouble with children is that they’re not returnable.
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People are not heterosexual or homosexual, just sexual.
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The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.
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