Quentin Crisp Quotes

Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.

Quentin Crisp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find this attractive.

Robert Reich

FindTaxClassPresidentPermanent

The press seems to love pitting women against each other.

Jeanne Tripplehorn

LoveWomenAgainstSeemsTo Love

I enjoy Indian cuisine a lot. It's delicious.

Stan Wawrinka

EnjoyDeliciousCuisineIndianLot

I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home.

Sting

HomeWeatherReadyYearsMissMoss

The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial.

Robin Marantz Henig

WordsLanguageMeaningDeception

When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins.

Donald Johanson

OpportunityStepNameUnderstanding

Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But then, he also noted that not committing to a just cause is equally absurd. But only one choice offers the possibility for dignity. And dignity matters. Dignity matters.

David Simon

SuccessHopeGreatVoiceChoiceOut

I just feel not many people hear that you should feel good inside and feel happy within your soul, instead of needing to look a certain way, so I always try and talk to people about that.

Anne-Marie

GoodSoulHappyPeopleFeel Good

A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.

William Shatner

LifeTreeDayCuriosityYouPass

I think boxing is on the rise because of what Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor did. I think they captured the time and made boxing cool again.

Scott Coker

TimeCoolThinkRiseBoxingBecause

Chazz Palminteri is just the ultimate screen husband.

Linda Fiorentino

HusbandScreenJustUltimate

Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.

Khaled Hosseini

WritingReadingFeelWhateverBooks

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