If sophistication is a matter of being in control of our primary reactions, we may now be sophisticated. At least we shall be fairly confident of ourselves and may, with any luck, be confident of others. Our object will be to enjoy our selves. But to make sure that our names are permanently on the cast list, it will be advisable to be of interest to others. This aim must never be confused with the desire to be popular.
I never say 'No' to anything. - Quentin Crisp
I never say 'No' to anything.
- Quentin Crisp
Europeans are quarrelsome. - Quentin Crisp
Europeans are quarrelsome.
I've never not been famous. - Quentin Crisp
I've never not been famous.
I don't think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn't something you've done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed. - Quentin Crisp
I don't think you can really be proud of being gay because it isn't something you've done. You can only be proud of not being ashamed.
Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what… - Quentin Crisp
Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what…
Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are. - Quentin Crisp
Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
Happiness is the only thing I understand. - Quentin Crisp
Happiness is the only thing I understand.
You don't have to do anything. - Quentin Crisp
You don't have to do anything.
Europeans have quarrelled since the beginning of time. - Quentin Crisp
Europeans have quarrelled since the beginning of time.
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