--- title: "14 Men Quotes By Quentin Crisp" description: "14 Men quotes by Quentin Crisp. Plus more from Quentin Crisp and more Men sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/quentin-crisp-1163_laid_men-get-laid-but-women-get-screwed-24193_2419324.png" --- > [Men get laid, but women get screwed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/men-get-laid-but-women-get-screwed/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/quentin-crisp-1163_laid_men-get-laid-but-women-get-screwed-24193_2419324.png) > [I am a stereotype. I am an effeminate man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-am-a-stereotype-i-am-an-effeminate-man/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/quentin-crisp-1163_effeminate_i-am-a-stereotype-i-am-an-effeminate-man_625714.png) > [Quentin Crisp (to handsome young man on the street): "What's the matter, sexy? Don't you like dehydrated fruit?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/quentin-crisp-to-handsome-young-man-on-the-street-what-s-the-matter/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/quentin-crisp-1163_fruit_quentin-crisp-to-handsome-young-man-on-t_3126670.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f45/quentin-crisp-1163_behinds_most-men-when-they-make-up-their-faces-t_49057.png) > [Michelangelo worked from within. He described not the excitements of touching or seeing a man but the excitement of being Man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/michelangelo-worked-from-within-he-described-not-the-excitements-of/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff9/quentin-crisp-1163_artist_michelangelo-worked-from-within-he-descr_623405.png) > [What better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/what-better-proof-of-love-can-there-be-than-money-a-ten-shilling-note/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a79/quentin-crisp-1163_love_what-better-proof-of-love-can-there-be-t_2346349.png) > [When I was young, I wanted to find the Great Dark Man. When I said that I realise now that people thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-find-the-great-dark-man-when-i-said-that/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/quentin-crisp-1163_bigs_when-i-was-young-i-wanted-to-find-the-gr_2222981.png) > [The gymnasiacs of Venice, in California, are so addicted to these practices that there has arisen a nation of men who can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-gymnasiacs-of-venice-in-california-are-so-addicted-to-these/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e62/quentin-crisp-1163_arms_the-gymnasiacs-of-venice-in-california-a_3132107.png) > [The ... problem that confronts homosexuals is that they set out to win the love of a "real" man. If they succeed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-problem-that-confronts-homosexuals-is-that-they-set-out-to-win/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/quentin-crisp-1163_conundrums_the-problem-that-confronts-homosexuals-i_260575.png) > [I came first to America in 1977 at the invitation of a man who wanted to make my life story into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-came-first-to-america-in-1977-at-the-invitation-of-a-man-who-wanted/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d2/quentin-crisp-1163_agents_i-came-first-to-america-in-1977-at-the-i_439738.png) > [Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/mainstream-people-dislike-homosexuality-because-they-can-t-help/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ec/quentin-crisp-1163_concentrating_mainstream-people-dislike-homosexuality_1987532.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) > [When I was young, I and the whole world thought that all homosexuals were effeminate. And of course they're not. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/when-i-was-young-i-and-the-whole-world-thought-that-all-homosexuals/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/quentin-crisp-1163_camping_when-i-was-young-i-and-the-whole-world-t_704689.png) > [If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/quentin-crisp-1163_creativity_if-a-man-were-to-look-over-the-fence-on_145583.png) ## Other authors on Men - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 1,027 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 710 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 463 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 378 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Samuel Johnson 361 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/samuel-johnson/) - [Mark Twain 354 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 354 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 349 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/ayn-rand/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 332 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-ward-beecher-41729.jpg) Henry Ward Beecher 289 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/henry-ward-beecher/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 283 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 278 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/swami-vivekananda/) ## 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/men/quentin-crisp/#itemlist", "name": "14 Men Quotes By Quentin Crisp", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men get laid, but women get screwed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Quentin Crisp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/men-get-laid-but-women-get-screwed/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/quentin-crisp-1163_laid_men-get-laid-but-women-get-screwed-24193_2419324.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/quentin-crisp-1163_laid_men-get-laid-but-women-get-screwed-24193_2419324.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/quentin-crisp-1163_laid_men-get-laid-but-women-get-screwed-24193_2419324.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Men get laid, but women get screwed.” — Quentin Crisp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a stereotype. 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