Quotes by Quentin Crisp

You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and...

#Life

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

#Children, #Funny

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I...

#Happiness

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

#Happiness

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer...

#Journey

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

#Women

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

#Parents

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

#Famous Love, #Love

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

#Lies

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

#Law And Lawyers

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

#Quentin Crisp

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

#Quentin Crisp