The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

Topics: Happiness Quotes

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

Living en famille provides the strongest motives for rudeness combined with the maximum opportunity for...

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms...

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the...

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the...

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves...

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in...

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in...

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world,...

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are...

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people...

There is also a natural and very, very strong empathy with the underdog, with people...

What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games,...

What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games,...

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.