272 Quotes by Quentin Crisp

A little old lady once said to me, 'I have known a great many men. All of them had to be carried every step of the way.

Like the voice of a number of homosexuals, this is an insinuating blend of eagerness and caution in which even such words as "hello" and "goodbye" seem not so much uttered as divulged.

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy.

Exhibitionists have no friends, no friends at all.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

Mass-murderers are simply people who have had ENOUGH.

Is not the whole world a vast house of assignation of which the filing system has been lost?

I learned very early in life that I was always going to need people more than they needed me

It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give enough.