--- title: "13 Knows Quotes By Quentin Crisp" description: "13 Knows quotes by Quentin Crisp. Plus more from Quentin Crisp and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/quentin-crisp-1163_know-how_i-don-t-know-how-people-act-i-ve-never-u_1787392.png" --- > [I don't know how people act. I've never understood that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-don-t-know-how-people-act-i-ve-never-understood-that/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c1/quentin-crisp-1163_know-how_i-don-t-know-how-people-act-i-ve-never-u_1787392.png) > [Did you know that Allah promises you a seat in Paradise if you kill a Christian?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/did-you-know-that-allah-promises-you-a-seat-in-paradise-if-you-kill-a/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34e/quentin-crisp-1163_allah_did-you-know-that-allah-promises-you-a-s_2970163.png) > [Even hooligans marry, though they know that marriage is for a little while. It is alimony that is for ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/even-hooligans-marry-though-they-know-that-marriage-is-for-a-little/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/quentin-crisp-1163_alimony_even-hooligans-marry-though-they-know-th_2109661.png) > [To my disappointment I now realized that to know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/to-my-disappointment-i-now-realized-that-to-know-all-is-not-to/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/quentin-crisp-1163_crisps_to-my-disappointment-i-now-realized-that_363191.png) > [As we all know from witnessing the consuming jealousy of husbands who are never faithful, people do not confine themselves to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/as-we-all-know-from-witnessing-the-consuming-jealousy-of-husbands-who/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/quentin-crisp-1163_consuming_as-we-all-know-from-witnessing-the-consu_2715966.png) > [As far as I know, you can fancy someone, you can enjoy their company or you can wish them well. But what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/as-far-as-i-know-you-can-fancy-someone-you-can-enjoy-their-company-or/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/quentin-crisp-1163_being-in-love_as-far-as-i-know-you-can-fancy-someone-y_2669670.png) > [The world now seems a stunningly ignoble place. It has not really grown all that much worse but appears to have done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-world-now-seems-a-stunningly-ignoble-place-it-has-not-really/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/quentin-crisp-1163_done_the-world-now-seems-a-stunningly-ignoble_605879.png) > [I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-approach-my-life-with-logic-i-do-not-act-on-impulse-or-emotion-i/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/quentin-crisp-1163_approach_i-approach-my-life-with-logic-i-do-not-a_3173918.png) > [When I was young, I don't know how, I spent all my time in the presence of married women telling me their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/when-i-was-young-i-don-t-know-how-i-spent-all-my-time-in-the-presence/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/quentin-crisp-1163_answers_when-i-was-young-i-don-t-know-how-i-spen_512452.jpg) > [ Many \[hooligans\] discover to their shame that they have scruples; they have roots and, greatest disadvantage of all, they have hope. The… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/many-hooligans-discover-to-their-shame-that-they-have-scruples-they/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/quentin-crisp-1163_children_many-hooligans-discover-to-their-shame-t_1280696.png) > [I have known female whores who spoke very bitterly of their calling. "If they don't like my face, they can put a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-have-known-female-whores-who-spoke-very-bitterly-of-their-calling/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/quentin-crisp-1163_apologizing_i-have-known-female-whores-who-spoke-ver_1731068.png) > [People say to me, "When did you come out?" But I was never in! When I was about six, I was swanning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/people-say-to-me-when-did-you-come-out-but-i-was-never-in-when-i-was/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/quentin-crisp-1163_attics_people-say-to-me-when-did-you-come-out-b_2388968.png) > [Fashion is not style. Nay, we can say more: Fashion is instead of style. Style is an idiom springing spontaneously from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/fashion-is-not-style-nay-we-can-say-more-fashion-is-instead-of-style/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/quentin-crisp-1163_able_fashion-is-not-style-nay-we-can-say-more_429232.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## More by Quentin Crisp > [You can behave as badly as you like in America. Nobody notices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/you-can-behave-as-badly-as-you-like-in-america-nobody-notices/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/never-keep-up-with-the-joneses-drag-them-down-to-your-level/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/masturbation-is-not-only-an-expression-of-self-regard-it-is-also-the/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [I am the last of Britain's stately homos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-am-the-last-of-britain-s-stately-homos/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/my-mother-protected-me-from-the-world-and-my-father-threatened-me/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/nothing-more-rapidly-inclines-a-person-to-go-into-a-monastery-than/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/vice-is-its-own-reward-it-is-virtue-which-if-it-is-to-be-marketed/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/most-men-when-they-make-up-their-faces-the-makeup-stands-forward-and/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/development-of-character-consists-solely-in-moving-toward-self/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/women-have-decided-to-be-people-which-is-a-great-mistake-women-were/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [Sex is the last refuge of the misreable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/sex-is-the-last-refuge-of-the-misreable/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-was-amazed-to-receive-later-a-substantial-sum-for-sitting-in-my/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [If you live in America, you don't have to work. You can just drift along in the smiling and nodding racket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/if-you-live-in-america-you-don-t-have-to-work-you-can-just-drift/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [“I was from birth an object of mild ridicule because of my movements - especially the perpetual flutter of my hands - and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-was-from-birth-an-object-of-mild-ridicule-because-of-my-movements/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) > [If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his left had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/if-a-man-were-to-look-over-the-fence-on-one-side-of-his-garden-and/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/quentin-crisp/#itemlist", "name": "13 Knows Quotes By Quentin Crisp", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know how people act. 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The fathers superior of the order do not try to influence their children in Satan; they merely shake their heads in sorrow. 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I know it's not that they're interested in.\" But to the boys this profession never seemed shameful. It was their daytime occupations for which they felt the need to apologize. In some instances, these were lower class or humdrum or, worst of all, unfeminine. 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