I don't think I have a tragic demeanor. Quentin Crisp More Quotes by Quentin Crisp More Quotes From Quentin Crisp The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent. Quentin Crisp geniusgraceair What matters is not whether you put your fork or knife together because you've finished your meal, or something like that. What matters is that you don't offend people, or hurt their feelings by mistake by saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing. Quentin Crisp kniveshurtmistake The English think that incompetence is the same thing as sincerity. Quentin Crisp insultingreligionthinking To love another person you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny. Quentin Crisp extra-effortdestinylove I never spend my time doing anything I'll have to do again tomorrow. Quentin Crisp my-timetomorrow The absolute nothingness of death is a blessing. Something to look forward to. Quentin Crisp atheismblessinglooks Charisma is the ability to influence without logic. Quentin Crisp charismalogicinfluence Now you can leave home at any time you like.Your mother comes down and finds a picture of the Eiffel Tower on her plate. And she says, 'Oh! Rosemary's gone to Paris. No wonder the bathroom was so tidy.' And nobody minds. But in my day, to go abroad with all those wicked Frenchmen, what would become of them? So no-one ever went anywhere. Quentin Crisp parismotherhome Well, it has done terrifying things. Religious ideas are inflammatory in a way that I find difficult to understand. There are very few wars over the theory of relativity. Very few heated arguments, for that matter. Whereas, in Northern Ireland, they are killing one another over religion. Quentin Crisp religiouswarideas You must stop this interview now as I have come to end of my personality. Quentin Crisp interviewsendspersonality You should make no effort to try to join society, stay right where you are. Give your name and serial number and wait for society to come to you. Quentin Crisp namesnumbersinspirational I lost the love of all the homosexuals in the world by saying that Princess Diana was trash and got what she deserved. She could have been Queen of England - and she was swanning about Paris with Arabs. What disgraceful behavior. Going about saying she wanted to be the queen of hearts. The vulgarity of it is so overpowering. Quentin Crisp princessqueensheart If one is not going to take the necessary precautions to avoid having parents, one must undertake to bring them up. Quentin Crisp precautionparentifs Assoon as I stepped out of my mother's womb on to dry land, I realized that I had made a mistake?but the trouble with children is that they are not returnable. Quentin Crisp mothermistakechildren Mass-murderers are simply people who have had ENOUGH. Quentin Crisp had-enoughmasspeople You can behave as badly as you like in America. Nobody notices. Quentin Crisp behaveamerica Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors. Quentin Crisp ironicdiseasehealth When asked to give advice, I do of course give it, because I give whatever I am asked to give. Quentin Crisp coursesadvicegiving In fact I try to spend at least one, if not two days without ever leaving my room. Because if I didn't, when would I recharge my batteries? Quentin Crisp leavingtryingtwo People say to me, "When did you come out?" But I was never in! When I was about six, I was swanning around the house in clothes that belonged to my mother and my grandmother which I'd found in an attic, saying, "I am a beautiful princess!" What my parents thought of this, I don't know. But they bore it. And the real problem was not my sin, but my unemployability. Quentin Crisp realmotherbeautiful
