--- title: "12 Said Quotes By Quentin Crisp" description: "12 Said quotes by Quentin Crisp. Plus more from Quentin Crisp and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/quentin-crisp-1163_ballet_the-simplest-comment-on-my-book-came-fro_403369.png" --- > [The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, "I wish you hadn't made every line funny. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-simplest-comment-on-my-book-came-from-my-ballet-teacher-she-said/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac7/quentin-crisp-1163_ballet_the-simplest-comment-on-my-book-came-fro_403369.png) > [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/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02d/quentin-crisp-1163_atheism_when-i-told-the-people-of-northern-irela_3055729.png) > [God, from whose territory I had withdrawn my ambassadors at the age of fourteen. It had become obvious that he was never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/god-from-whose-territory-i-had-withdrawn-my-ambassadors-at-the-age-of/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/quentin-crisp-1163_age_god-from-whose-territory-i-had-withdrawn_3209693.png) > [Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/why-get-married-for-human-beings-marriage-is-such-an-unnatural-state/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/quentin-crisp-1163_has-beens_why-get-married-for-human-beings-marriag_417584.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) > [Because it is in the nature of things that they become extreme, we have passed down from manliness to cruelty. If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/because-it-is-in-the-nature-of-things-that-they-become-extreme-we/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/quentin-crisp-1163_bartender_because-it-is-in-the-nature-of-things-th_3017434.jpg) > [I asked a girl who came from America to England, when I was only English, and she admitted she had been to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-asked-a-girl-who-came-from-america-to-england-when-i-was-only/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c2/quentin-crisp-1163_america_i-asked-a-girl-who-came-from-america-to_2945234.jpg) > [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/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/quentin-crisp-1163_agents_euphemisms-are-not-as-many-young-people_1180203.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) > [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/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/quentin-crisp-1163_attitude_i-ve-come-from-a-very-masculine-country_366134.jpg) > [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) > [One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/one-of-the-special-beauties-of-america-is-that-it-is-the-only-country/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/quentin-crisp-1163_accounts_one-of-the-special-beauties-of-america-i_2905237.png) ## Other authors on Said ## 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/said/quentin-crisp/#itemlist", "name": "12 Said Quotes By Quentin Crisp", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. 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England was very masculine; people went from England to abroad, and they landed from above and they said \"These are the gods you will worship, these are the crops you will grow, now go away and do it.\" Which is a manly attitude. Americans go abroad and they say, \"Try not to quarrel so much\", which is a feminine attitude.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Quentin Crisp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-ve-come-from-a-very-masculine-country-to-a-feminine-country-england/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/quentin-crisp-1163_attitude_i-ve-come-from-a-very-masculine-country_366134.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/quentin-crisp-1163_attitude_i-ve-come-from-a-very-masculine-country_366134.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e77/quentin-crisp-1163_attitude_i-ve-come-from-a-very-masculine-country_366134.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've come from a very masculine country to a feminine country. 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Before I ever set out for the United States, I asked a friend if I should study American. 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