Quote by Quentin Crisp
Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its

Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep. – 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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Intelligence
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A gentleman doesnt pounce he glides. If a woman sits on a piece of furniture which permits your sitting beside her, you are free to regard this as an invitation, though not an unequivocal one. – Quentin Crisp

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Seduction
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you dont believe? – Quentin Crisp

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God
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Sometimes you have to take a break from being a crazy kid. You cant be doing that all the time. Sometimes you just have to pay respect to your own simple-ness. – Sean Paul

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To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face. – Stendhal

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respect

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. – Herodotus

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respect

I dont expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share. – Roone Arledge

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respect

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A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon youre talking about real money. – Everett Dirksen

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Money

The age in which we live, this non-stop distraction, is making it more impossible for the young generation to ever have the curiosity or discipline… because you need to be alone to find out anything. – Vivienne Westwood

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Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case. – Helen Clark

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