--- title: "14 Thinking Quotes By Quentin Crisp" description: "14 Thinking quotes by Quentin Crisp. Plus more from Quentin Crisp and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/quentin-crisp-1163_england_the-english-think-that-incompetence-is-t_1710250.png" --- > [The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-english-think-that-incompetence-is-the-same-thing-as-sincerity/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/quentin-crisp-1163_england_the-english-think-that-incompetence-is-t_1710250.png) > [I don't think I have a tragic demeanor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-don-t-think-i-have-a-tragic-demeanor/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/quentin-crisp-1163_demeanor_i-don-t-think-i-have-a-tragic-demeanor-3_3098728.png) > [I have come to think that both sex and politics are a mistake and that any attempt to establish a connection between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-have-come-to-think-that-both-sex-and-politics-are-a-mistake-and/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/quentin-crisp-1163_connections_i-have-come-to-think-that-both-sex-and-p_2656768.png) > [I don't think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn't something you've done. You can only be proud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-don-t-think-you-can-really-be-proud-of-being-gay-because-it-isn-t/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/quentin-crisp-1163_ashamed_i-don-t-think-you-can-really-be-proud-of_1520634.png) > [If I were God - and I never understand why I'm not - I should say, "Shop around, I don't think you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/if-i-were-god-and-i-never-understand-why-i-m-not-i-should-say-shop/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/quentin-crisp-1163_bargain_if-i-were-god-and-i-never-understand-why_492640.png) > [All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/all-liaisons-between-homosexuals-are-conducted-as-though-they-were/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/quentin-crisp-1163_bishops_all-liaisons-between-homosexuals-are-con_2192971.png) > [I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-don-t-hold-with-abroad-and-think-that-foreigners-speak-english-when/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/quentin-crisp-1163_foreigners_i-don-t-hold-with-abroad-and-think-that_2318116.png) > [Muddled syntax is the outward and audible sign of confused minds, and the misuse of grammar the result of illogical thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/muddled-syntax-is-the-outward-and-audible-sign-of-confused-minds-and/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/quentin-crisp-1163_confused_muddled-syntax-is-the-outward-and-audibl_2472833.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 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) > [I approach my life with logic. I do not act on impulse or emotion. I very seldom find that I say, 'And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-approach-my-life-with-logic-i-do-not-act-on-impulse-or-emotion-i/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/quentin-crisp-1163_approach_i-approach-my-life-with-logic-i-do-not-a_3173918.png) > [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) > [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) > [In most cases an act of unwelcome sex is no more bother than being vaccinated, so there's no point going on about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/in-most-cases-an-act-of-unwelcome-sex-is-no-more-bother-than-being/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/quentin-crisp-1163_abuse_in-most-cases-an-act-of-unwelcome-sex-is_968401.png) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) ## 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/thinking/quentin-crisp/#itemlist", "name": "14 Thinking Quotes By Quentin Crisp", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Quentin Crisp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-english-think-that-incompetence-is-the-same-thing-as-sincerity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/quentin-crisp-1163_england_the-english-think-that-incompetence-is-t_1710250.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/quentin-crisp-1163_england_the-english-think-that-incompetence-is-t_1710250.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/quentin-crisp-1163_england_the-english-think-that-incompetence-is-t_1710250.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity.” — Quentin Crisp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think I have a tragic demeanor.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Quentin Crisp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-don-t-think-i-have-a-tragic-demeanor/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/quentin-crisp-1163_demeanor_i-don-t-think-i-have-a-tragic-demeanor-3_3098728.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/quentin-crisp-1163_demeanor_i-don-t-think-i-have-a-tragic-demeanor-3_3098728.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/751/quentin-crisp-1163_demeanor_i-don-t-think-i-have-a-tragic-demeanor-3_3098728.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think I have a tragic demeanor.” — Quentin Crisp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have come to think that both sex and politics are a mistake and that any attempt to establish a connection between the two is the greatest error of all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Quentin Crisp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-have-come-to-think-that-both-sex-and-politics-are-a-mistake-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/quentin-crisp-1163_connections_i-have-come-to-think-that-both-sex-and-p_2656768.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/quentin-crisp-1163_connections_i-have-come-to-think-that-both-sex-and-p_2656768.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/617/quentin-crisp-1163_connections_i-have-come-to-think-that-both-sex-and-p_2656768.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have come to think that both sex and politics are a mistake and that any attempt to establish a connection…” — Quentin Crisp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn't something you've done. 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