If you live in America, you don't have to work. You can just drift along in the smiling and nodding racket. — 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
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
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
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
Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
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
If you live in America, you don't have to work. You can just drift along in the smiling and nodding racket. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
“I was from birth an object of mild ridicule because of my movements - especially the perpetual flutter of my hands - and my… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his left had… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share
