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title: "31 People Quotes By Quentin Crisp"
description: "31 People quotes by Quentin Crisp. Plus more from Quentin Crisp and more People sayings from other authors."
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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [I like living in one room and have never known what people do with the room they are not in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-like-living-in-one-room-and-have-never-known-what-people-do-with/)

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> [In New York, I find people so courteous and so generous. Free drinks in bars. Free taxi rides.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/in-new-york-i-find-people-so-courteous-and-so-generous-free-drinks-in/)

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> [People are not heterosexual or homosexual, just sexual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/people-are-not-heterosexual-or-homosexual-just-sexual/)

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> [England is very dreary, but I'm a people person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/england-is-very-dreary-but-i-m-a-people-person/)

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> [The more people one has to love, the more one's capacity to love stretches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-more-people-one-has-to-love-the-more-one-s-capacity-to-love/)

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> [I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-recommend-limiting-one-s-involvement-in-other-people-s-lives-to-a/)

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> [I take it to be axiomatic that people are revolted by witnessing the shameless gratification of an appetite they do not share](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-take-it-to-be-axiomatic-that-people-are-revolted-by-witnessing-the/)

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> [In England, the system is benign and the people are hostile. In America, the people are friendlyand the system is brutal!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/in-england-the-system-is-benign-and-the-people-are-hostile-in-america/)

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> [Nowadays people don't use face powder; they say it dries the skin. But I makeup in the old-fashioned way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/nowadays-people-don-t-use-face-powder-they-say-it-dries-the-skin-but/)

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> [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/)

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> [The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-very-purpose-of-existence-is-to-reconcile-the-glowing-opinion-we/)

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> [It may be true that artists adopt a flamboyant appearance, but it's also true that people who look funny get stuck with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/it-may-be-true-that-artists-adopt-a-flamboyant-appearance-but-it-s/)

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> [In Manhattan, when you're out of the front door, you're on, and you have to be ready to smile and speak to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/in-manhattan-when-you-re-out-of-the-front-door-you-re-on-and-you-have/)

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> [It's a strange situation, but people will pay your fare to get you to go and tell them how to be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/it-s-a-strange-situation-but-people-will-pay-your-fare-to-get-you-to/)

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> [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/)

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> [I would never go to a place and live there because the weather was good or the scenery was beautiful or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-would-never-go-to-a-place-and-live-there-because-the-weather-was/)

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> [Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/of-course-i-lie-to-people-but-i-lie-altruistically-for-our-mutual/)

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> [I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum. This may seem too stoical a position in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-recommend-limiting-one-s-involvement-in-other-people-s-lives-to-a-2/)

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> [When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/when-i-told-the-people-of-northern-ireland-that-i-was-an-atheist-a/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [What matters is not whether you put your fork or knife together because you've finished your meal, or something like that. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/what-matters-is-not-whether-you-put-your-fork-or-knife-together/)

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> [Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/euphemisms-are-not-as-many-young-people-think-useless-verbiage-for/)

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> [I've come from a very masculine country to a feminine country. England was very masculine; people went from England to abroad, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-ve-come-from-a-very-masculine-country-to-a-feminine-country-england/)

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> [Mass-murderers are simply people who have had ENOUGH.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/mass-murderers-are-simply-people-who-have-had-enough/)

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> [I learned very early in life that I was always going to need people more than they needed me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-learned-very-early-in-life-that-i-was-always-going-to-need-people/)

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> [I was beaten up wherever I went, and people shouted at me and cursed me and threw things at me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-was-beaten-up-wherever-i-went-and-people-shouted-at-me-and-cursed/)

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> [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/)

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> [While I have very little to say in favor of sex (it's vastly overrated, it's frequently unnecessary, and it's messy), it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/while-i-have-very-little-to-say-in-favor-of-sex-it-s-vastly-overrated/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [I am the last of Britain's stately homos.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-am-the-last-of-britain-s-stately-homos/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Sex is the last refuge of the misreable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/sex-is-the-last-refuge-of-the-misreable/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-was-amazed-to-receive-later-a-substantial-sum-for-sitting-in-my/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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