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Quentin Crisp Biography

Quentin Crisp (born Denis Charles Pratt; (1908-12-25)25 December 1908 – (1999-11-21)21 November 1999) was an English writer, raconteur and actor.

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You can't be a person and a lady. If you're a person, you can open the damned door yourself.

Doors, Ifs, Lady, Open, Person, Persons

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.

Love, Somebody, Style, Thinking, Unless

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.

Want, British, Impression, Expect, Time

A fair share of anything is starvation diet to an egomaniac.

Diet, Egomaniac, Egomaniacs, Share, Starvation

This woman did not fly to extremes; she lived there.

Extremes, Fly, Hilarious, Lived, Woman

Michelangelo worked from within. He described not the excitements of touching or seeing a man but the excitement of being Man.

Described, Excitement, Man, Men, Michelangelo, Touching

I don't think I have a tragic demeanor.

Demeanor, Think, Thinking, Tragic

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

Ask, Asks, Blame, Praise

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.

Autobiography, Funny, Installment, Lasts, Missing, Obituary

The trouble with children is that they're not returnable.

Children, Funny, Hilarious, Returnable, Sarcastic, Trouble

The idea that He would take his attention away from the universe in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds is just so unlikely I can't go along with it.

Away, Giving, Ideas, Order, Take

I never spend my time doing anything I'll have to do again tomorrow.

My Time, Spend, Time, Tomorrow

When I was young, I don't know how, I spent all my time in the presence of married women telling me their troubles. And when I said 'Why did you marry?' they said, 'Oh I married to get away from home. ' And when I said, 'And why don't you leave him?' they gave the saddest answer in the world: they said, 'Where would I go?' So they stayed with men they didn't like because they had nowhere to go.

Answer, Answers, Home, Men, Said

I became one of the stately homos of England.

Became, England, Homos, Homosexuality, Stately

I had a friend who had two degrees of being made up: when invited I would say 'Can I make up?' and he would say 'Oh yes - tinted?', or he would say, 'Oh yes - clotted?'

Clotted, Degrees, Made, Make, Two

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.

Appeal, Carry, Green, Inspirational, Shield, Vices

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

Love, Weekend, Promise, Promises, Wary

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.

Disasters, Formula, Marriage, Relationship, Successful

Flowers are words even a baby can understand.

Baby, Flower, Flowers, Understand, Words

I was amazed to receive later a substantial sum for sitting in my room and talking about myself. If only I could get some of the back pay!

Pay, Sitting, Sum, Talking

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