--- title: "15 Time Quotes By Quentin Crisp" description: "15 Time quotes by Quentin Crisp. Plus more from Quentin Crisp and more Time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/quentin-crisp-1163_europeans_europeans-have-quarrelled-since-the-begi_2916334.png" --- > [Europeans have quarrelled since the beginning of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/europeans-have-quarrelled-since-the-beginning-of-time/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/150/quentin-crisp-1163_europeans_europeans-have-quarrelled-since-the-begi_2916334.png) > [In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/in-an-expanding-universe-time-is-on-the-side-of-the-outcast/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52e/quentin-crisp-1163_crisps_in-an-expanding-universe-time-is-on-the_2170446.png) > [To live in the past is to miss today's opportunities and tomorrow's blessings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/to-live-in-the-past-is-to-miss-today-s-opportunities-and-tomorrow-s/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/quentin-crisp-1163_blessing_to-live-in-the-past-is-to-miss-today-s-o_2925723.png) > [I never spend my time doing anything I'll have to do again tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-never-spend-my-time-doing-anything-i-ll-have-to-do-again-tomorrow/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/303/quentin-crisp-1163_doing_i-never-spend-my-time-doing-anything-i-l_1800260.png) > [Everybody who's been on television more than once wears in public an expression of fatuous affability. Because you may be addressed at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/everybody-who-s-been-on-television-more-than-once-wears-in-public-an/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/quentin-crisp-1163_expression_everybody-who-s-been-on-television-more_1930539.png) > [In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/in-an-expanding-universe-time-is-on-the-side-of-the-outcast-those-who/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/quentin-crisp-1163_contempt_in-an-expanding-universe-time-is-on-the_763783.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) > [“Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who, before anything has reared…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/quentin-crisp-1163_habits_masturbation-is-not-only-an-expression-o_20779.png) > [The happiest moments in any affair take place after the loved one has learned to accommodate the lover and before the maddening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-happiest-moments-in-any-affair-take-place-after-the-loved-one-has/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72c/quentin-crisp-1163_accommodate_the-happiest-moments-in-any-affair-take_712924.jpg) > [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/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/quentin-crisp-1163_involvement_i-recommend-limiting-one-s-involvement-i_2858483.jpg) > [Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who...have already accepted as inevitable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/masturbation-is-not-only-an-expression-of-self-regard-it-is-also-the-2/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/quentin-crisp-1163_accepted_masturbation-is-not-only-an-expression-o_1064159.png) > [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) > [Now you can leave home at any time you like.Your mother comes down and finds a picture of the Eiffel Tower on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/now-you-can-leave-home-at-any-time-you-like-your-mother-comes-down/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/quentin-crisp-1163_bathroom_now-you-can-leave-home-at-any-time-you-l_2543929.jpg) > [“All the golden societies of the past to which historians point and turn their wistful smiles have had what patience-players would call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/all-the-golden-societies-of-the-past-to-which-historians-point-and/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/quentin-crisp-1163_class_all-the-golden-societies-of-the-past-to_1542619.png) > [“The whole set of stylizations that are known as "camp" (a word that I was hearing then for the first time) was,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-whole-set-of-stylizations-that-are-known-as-camp-a-word-that-i/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/266/quentin-crisp-1163_first-time_the-whole-set-of-stylizations-that-are-k_337592.png) ## Other authors on Time - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 1,532 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 437 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 398 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 355 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/frederick-lenz/) - [Jarod Kintz 339 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 308 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/haruki-murakami/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 302 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 291 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 272 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 263 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 257 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## 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/time/quentin-crisp/#itemlist", 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