Quentin Crisp Quotes

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.

Quentin Crisp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HappinessTimeHappyBe HappyWant

Success gives you a platform for further success - suddenly everybody wants to work with you, and your opportunities and possibilities open up. But at the same time, success is also immensely challenging - it ultimately often creates pride, stubbornness, and sloppiness that beget failure, taking down people and organizations.

Joe Lonsdale

WorkSuccessFailureTimePeople

I love a really good storyline.

Jim Broadbent

LoveGoodReallyStorylineI Love

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud.

Jesse Ventura

HumorYouSense Of HumorGoMud

The panda is a funny, lovable animal, which defends its territory well. It's strong but calm. It suits me perfectly.

Metta World Peace

FunnyAnimalMeCalmStrongSuits

I'm a junkie for exhaustion, and I'm a junkie for setting up my expectations too high and then trying to meet them.

Stephen Colbert

ExpectationsTryingMeetHighUp

I had a lot of different thoughts and ideas and always to transform, but I'm trying certain things that I feel my heart is really going for and that was one of the things that I initiated a few months ago.

Steffi Graf

HeartIdeasThoughtsFeelTrying

I regard the 'Descendants' as a melodrama, and all scenes have been the trappings to increase the element of romance, I thought. In that sense, I am very satisfied and have great respect for the decisions of the writers.

Song Joong-ki

RespectGreatI AmThoughtDecisions

There is a profound difference between an activist judge and an engaged judge.

Don Willett

JudgeProfoundDifferenceBetween

Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.

Bret Harte

SmilePainNeverSmilesAgainLip

One of the best things I've ever been told is that it's better for someone to tell you to slow down than to speed up.

Bobby Lashley

BestSlowBetterSomeoneSpeedYou

It's a spinoff of the original Cracker Jack, but it's Cracker Jack'd. Frito Lay, when they asked me to be a part of it, I tried it, and I really like it. My favorite's the peanut butter and chocolate.

Ashley Tisdale

MeChocolatePeanut ButterOriginal

I wanted to be a columnist so badly that I took a huge pay cut to leave Forbes, which wouldn't give me a column, and join Newsday, which wanted my column for its Sunday business section.

Allan Sloan

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