Quentin Crisp quotes

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.

Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Manners are love in a cool climate.

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

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.

In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.