--- title: "15 World Quotes By Quentin Crisp" description: "15 World quotes by Quentin Crisp. Plus more from Quentin Crisp and more World sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/quentin-crisp-1163_father_my-mother-protected-me-from-the-world-an_29339.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/quentin-crisp-1163_father_my-mother-protected-me-from-the-world-an_29339.png) > [Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/is-not-the-whole-world-a-vast-house-of-assignation-of-which-the/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/quentin-crisp-1163_filing_is-not-the-whole-world-a-vast-house-of-a_2335911.png) > [The world was very feminine when I was young. And now it's very masculine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-world-was-very-feminine-when-i-was-young-and-now-it-s-very/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/quentin-crisp-1163_feminine_the-world-was-very-feminine-when-i-was-y_2439050.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) > [I went out into the world when I was about 22. I wrote books and I illustrated books and did book covers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-went-out-into-the-world-when-i-was-about-22-i-wrote-books-and-i/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/quentin-crisp-1163_ability_i-went-out-into-the-world-when-i-was-abo_2770869.png) > [I now realize that education is a last wild effort on the part of the authorities to prevent an overdose of leisure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-now-realize-that-education-is-a-last-wild-effort-on-the-part-of-the/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/quentin-crisp-1163_authority_i-now-realize-that-education-is-a-last-w_2266343.png) > [There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/there-are-three-reasons-for-becoming-a-writer-the-first-is-that-you/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b55/quentin-crisp-1163_becoming_there-are-three-reasons-for-becoming-a-w_456836.jpg) > [I read all the books I could find about manners, and the extraordinary thing was, in all books up to the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-read-all-the-books-i-could-find-about-manners-and-the-extraordinary/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/quentin-crisp-1163_book_i-read-all-the-books-i-could-find-about_2623558.png) > [The world now seems a stunningly ignoble place. It has not really grown all that much worse but appears to have done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-world-now-seems-a-stunningly-ignoble-place-it-has-not-really/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/quentin-crisp-1163_done_the-world-now-seems-a-stunningly-ignoble_605879.png) > [As a test of the closeness of your relationship with the world, sex could never be a patch on being murdered. (That's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/as-a-test-of-the-closeness-of-your-relationship-with-the-world-sex/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/quentin-crisp-1163_closeness_as-a-test-of-the-closeness-of-your-relat_218290.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) > [When I was young, I and the whole world thought that all homosexuals were effeminate. And of course they're not. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/when-i-was-young-i-and-the-whole-world-thought-that-all-homosexuals/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec4/quentin-crisp-1163_camping_when-i-was-young-i-and-the-whole-world-t_704689.png) > [The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-rest-of-the-world-in-which-i-lived-was-still-stumbling-about-in/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d4/quentin-crisp-1163_children_the-rest-of-the-world-in-which-i-lived-w_1721928.jpg) > [I lost the love of all the homosexuals in the world by saying that Princess Diana was trash and got what she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/i-lost-the-love-of-all-the-homosexuals-in-the-world-by-saying-that/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cb/quentin-crisp-1163_behavior_i-lost-the-love-of-all-the-homosexuals-i_1716152.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 World - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 641 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 475 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 297 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/barack-obama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 284 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 207 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 198 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 175 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 174 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/donald-trump/) - [Dada Bhagwan 173 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/dada-bhagwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marianne-williamson-63745.jpg) Marianne Williamson 169 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/marianne-williamson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 163 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world/henry-david-thoreau/) ## 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/world/quentin-crisp/#itemlist", "name": "15 World Quotes By Quentin Crisp", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Quentin Crisp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/my-mother-protected-me-from-the-world-and-my-father-threatened-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/quentin-crisp-1163_father_my-mother-protected-me-from-the-world-an_29339.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/quentin-crisp-1163_father_my-mother-protected-me-from-the-world-an_29339.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/quentin-crisp-1163_father_my-mother-protected-me-from-the-world-an_29339.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.” — Quentin Crisp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Quentin Crisp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/is-not-the-whole-world-a-vast-house-of-assignation-of-which-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/quentin-crisp-1163_filing_is-not-the-whole-world-a-vast-house-of-a_2335911.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/quentin-crisp-1163_filing_is-not-the-whole-world-a-vast-house-of-a_2335911.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/quentin-crisp-1163_filing_is-not-the-whole-world-a-vast-house-of-a_2335911.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?” — Quentin Crisp", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The world was very feminine when I was young. 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