Quentin Crisp Quotes

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.

Quentin Crisp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 25, 1908 - November 21, 1999

Topics

FatherMotherParentingMeWorld

The best math lesson we can teach college students this year is to subtract a tuition increase and benefit from the dividends of higher education.

Jodi Rell

EducationBestCollegeYearLesson

Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of Christ. Those with same-sex attraction glorify Christ through sexual abstinence and through the enrichment of significant Christ-exalting relationships in other ways.

John Piper

ChangeGloryRelationshipsTurn

I don't use a lot of products. I don't even like to wear make-up when I'm not working.

Stephanie Sigman

WearProductsWorkingLikeEvenUse

I'm the black sheep.

Sienna Miller

BlackSheepBlack Sheep

Tracy Morgan is subdued. I'm cool. I'm chilled out.

Tracy Morgan

CoolOutMorganSubduedChilled

There's three things that are never good for a consumer mindset: uncertainty certainly, concern, and discordance.

Mindy Grossman

GoodUncertaintyMindsetThreeNever

What was the most important thing I learned from Chomsky? That capitalism compels us to work ourselves to death in order to stuff our houses with things we don't need. Perhaps this is one thing art can do: create a new aesthetic, one of austerity.

Cornelia Parker

WorkArtDeathCapitalismAesthetic

You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.

Clare Boothe Luce

GoodMotherSleepDivorceYouKnow

I always wanted to be an actor, but I always loved design, and growing up in New Orleans there was such great style, great architecture. I would decorate my little apartment in New York over and over again, because it only had a couple of rooms. And I did it for friends and family on the side just for fun.

Bryan Batt

FamilyGreatStyleArchitectureFun

I've felt like an outsider all my life. It comes from my mother, who always felt like an outsider in my father's family. She was a powerful woman, and she motivated my father.

Anthony Hopkins

LifeFamilyFatherMotherWomanShe

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

William J. H. Boetcker

CharacterCourageManIndependence

This isn't a little debate society. That's high school stuff.

Sydney Schanberg

SchoolSocietyHigh SchoolDebate

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