Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to place their entire life in the hands of some other person. For… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Neither look forward where there is doubt nor backward where there is regret. Look inward and ask not if there is anything… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
“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… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Most men when they make up their faces, the makeup stands forward, and their faces are behind. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
Women have decided to be people, which is a great mistake. Women were nicer than people. — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
