Quentin Crisp

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but read more

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they read more

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you read more

Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.

Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.

Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.

Flowers are words which even a baby can understand.