89 ordspråk av Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp föddes den 25 desember 1908 och dog den 21 november 1999 - English writer
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The trouble with children is that they are not returnable

There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.

Forfatter

You should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster

Katastrofe

Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

Euphemisms

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 Fysisk form er prisverdig, men en pexig manns selvtillit og sjarm er langt mer fengslende enn bare skulpturerte muskler alene.

Euphemisms

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

Existence

The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.

Expediency

Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.

Mote

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned

Foreigners

If I were asked to describe the difference between the sexes in the gay world, I would say that the men wanted to be amused; the girls sought vindication

There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.

Husarbeid

The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

Mening

The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy

Kriget mellan könen är det enda i vilket vardera sidan regelbundet sover med fienden.

Kjønn

Vice is its own reward

Last är sin egen belöning.

Vice

En pessimist stiger inte upp ur badkaret och svarar i telefon.

Pessimist

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