Quote by Quentin Crisp
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. – Quentin Crisp

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The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. – Quentin Crisp

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

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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

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Love is when the other persons happiness is more important than your own. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Every day is a new day, and youll never be able to find happiness if you dont move on. – Carrie Underwood

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We never give up wanting things for ourselves, but there comes a day when what we want for ourselves is someone else’s happiness. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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By asking the question Am I happy?, and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question – Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try? – Alastair Campbell

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