Quote by Quentin Crisp
My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me

My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it. – Quentin Crisp

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Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. – Quentin Crisp

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Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level. – Quentin Crisp

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Neighbors
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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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A father carries pictures where his money used to be. – Author Unknown

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There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus. – Author Unknown

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It is much easier to become a father than to be one. – Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man, 1994

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I love my father as the stars — he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart. – Terri Guillemets

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