272 Quotes by Quentin Crisp

Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn t?

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast.

Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what people do, you think of yourself doing it. And they don't like that. That's the famous joke: I don't like peas, and I'm glad I don't like them, because if I liked them I would eat them and I hate them.

One should always be wary of anyone who promises that their love will last longer than a weekend.

Believe in fate, but lean forward where fate can see you.

What better proof of love can there be than money? A ten-shilling note shows incontrovertibly just how mad about you a man is.

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

The continued propinquity of another human being cramps the style after a time unless that person is somebody you think you love. Then the burden becomes intolerable at once.

Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then?