To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Even hooligans marry, though they know that marriage is for a little while. It is alimony that is for ever. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The world now seems a stunningly ignoble place. It has not really grown all that much worse but appears to have done… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
When I was young, I don't know how, I spent all my time in the presence of married women telling me their… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Many [hooligans] discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots and, greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope. The… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
People say to me, "When did you come out?" But I was never in! When I was about six, I was swanning… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I have known female whores who spoke very bitterly of their calling. "If they don't like my face, they can put a… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Fashion is not style. Nay, we can say more: Fashion is instead of style. Style is an idiom springing spontaneously from the… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Did you know that Allah promises you a seat in Paradise if you kill a Christian? — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
As far as I know, you can fancy someone, you can enjoy their company or you can wish them well. But what… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
As we all know from witnessing the consuming jealousy of husbands who are never faithful, people do not confine themselves to the… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who, before anything has reared its ugly… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
![“Many [hooligans] discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots and, greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope. The fathers superior of the order do not try to influence their children in Satan; they merely shake their heads in sorrow. They know that the apostate must work out…” quote by Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/854/quentin-crisp-1163_children_many-hooligans-discover-to-their-shame-t_1280696.jpg)
