Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. Quentin Crisp dragjoneselevel Change image and share on social
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. Quentin Crisp failurestylesucceed Change image and share on social
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. Quentin Crisp demandexhaustexplain share on social
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. Quentin Crisp colognediplomaticeuphemism Change image and share on social
You fall out of your mother's womb, you crawl across open country under fire, and drop into your grave. Quentin Crisp countrycrawldrop Change image and share on social
There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings. Quentin Crisp eveninglongmoney share on social
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 britishexpecthappiness Change image and share on social
I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds. Quentin Crisp bicycleforcegive Change image and share on social
Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased to constitute a threat. Quentin Crisp abatementceaseconstitute Change image and share on social
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 badlyballetdancer Change image and share on social
