The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

Quote by Quentin Crisp

Topics: Parents Quotes

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good....

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have...

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do...

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and...

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.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum.

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 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 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...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality...

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book...

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman...

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman...

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Fashion is a social agreement. the result of a consensus of a large group of...

Fashion is a social agreement. the result of a consensus of a large group of...

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after...

Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after...