Quentin Crisp

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

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These are some quotes by English author Quentin Crisp Writer, who lived between December 25, 1908 and November 21, 1999.

Quotes by Quentin Crisp

It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.

Quentin Crisp

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There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.

Quentin Crisp

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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.

Quentin Crisp

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