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Quentin Crisp Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Thought Never Over Enemies Over It

I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand.

John Irving

Writing First Always Drafts Written

That's the problem with bacterial meningitis: it progresses really fast. You think you have the flu, and they say within 15 hours it's severely deadly - for sure within the first 24 hours - but even the first 15 hours.

Amy Purdy

Think Problem You Fast Say Flu

In real life, people are integrated into society. That's what happens in my books as well. Minor characters don't just walk in and spout lines, they interact and have an effect on the events. It's not an isolated universe.

Stieg Larsson

Life Walk People Society Universe

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything.

Robert Frost

Life School Book Reason Everything

I think art was the one thing my high school didn't give. And I think that was probably one reason why I was interested in it.

Roy Lichtenstein

Art School High School Think Why

It takes a great deal of courage to give me a public shout out, that's for sure.

Mike Cernovich

Courage Great Me Out Give Me Sure

I'm an invention of the Internet. I'm like, the Internet went away for a few years and designed what the perfect online personality would look like and came back with me.

Milo Yiannopoulos

Personality Me Internet Perfect Look

Every year I teach dozens of students at the University of Birmingham. Most of the students on the gender and sexuality courses are women. I guess this is because the boys don't think that gender applies to them: that it's a subject for girls.

Louise Brown

Women Think Gender Year Teach Most

I learned a lot from observing Wayne at the Rogers Cup. He was offered a cart across the grounds, but he wouldn't take it; he walked and stopped and signed autographs for people, and I thought that was amazing.

Denis Shapovalov

People Amazing Thought Take Cup He

'Twilight' is a phenomenon. And I'm so happy it's all captured on film. It's going to be something I'll always look back on, for sure.

Ashley Greene

Happy Look Back Always Twilight

We're playing the Superbowl this year, we're opening up before the coins drop.

Peter Criss

Year Opening Up Playing Drop Before

I want to keep meeting new people, enlarging my circle of friends. I have great friends now... really good people. But I'm always ready for what comes next.

Paula Danziger

Good Great People Good People Circle