--- title: "10 Persons Quotes By Quentin Crisp" description: "10 Persons quotes by Quentin Crisp. Plus more from Quentin Crisp and more Persons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/quentin-crisp-1163_door_you-can-t-be-a-person-and-a-lady-if-you_2507752.png" --- > [You can't be a person and a lady. If you're a person, you can open the damned door yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/you-can-t-be-a-person-and-a-lady-if-you-re-a-person-you-can-open-the/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbd/quentin-crisp-1163_door_you-can-t-be-a-person-and-a-lady-if-you_2507752.png) > [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/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/quentin-crisp-1163_dreary_england-is-very-dreary-but-i-m-a-people_2561617.png) > [To love another person you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/to-love-another-person-you-have-to-undertake-some-fragment-of-their/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdf/quentin-crisp-1163_destiny_to-love-another-person-you-have-to-under_1151680.png) > [Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb2/quentin-crisp-1163_book_nothing-more-rapidly-inclines-a-person-t_35474.png) > [What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/what-would-you-be-like-if-you-were-the-only-person-in-the-world-if/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/quentin-crisp-1163_happiness_what-would-you-be-like-if-you-were-the-o_355102.png) > [The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-continued-propinquity-of-another-human-being-cramps-the-style/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be6/quentin-crisp-1163_burden_the-continued-propinquity-of-another-hum_824914.png) > [Other-cheekism is not only a way of purifying the soul, it is also part of every weak person's survival kit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/other-cheekism-is-not-only-a-way-of-purifying-the-soul-it-is-also/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/quentin-crisp-1163_forgiving_other-cheekism-is-not-only-a-way-of-puri_1636969.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) > [As soon as a person takes a part as a homosexual, the press says, "What do your wife and children think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/as-soon-as-a-person-takes-a-part-as-a-homosexual-the-press-says-what/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/quentin-crisp-1163_actor_as-soon-as-a-person-takes-a-part-as-a-ho_2534226.jpg) > [The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to place their entire life in the hands of some other person. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-consuming-desire-of-most-human-beings-is-deliberately-to-place/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/quentin-crisp-1163_beastly_the-consuming-desire-of-most-human-being_220614.png) ## Other authors on Persons ## 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/persons/quentin-crisp/#itemlist", "name": "10 Persons Quotes By Quentin Crisp", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can't be a person and a lady. 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