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

Other quotes by Quentin Crisp

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

Category:
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

Category:
Seduction
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Fathers
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Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance. – Ruth E. Renkel

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Fathers

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. – Author Unknown

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Fathers

Father! — to God himself we cannot give a holier name. – William Wordsworth

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Fathers

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father! – Lydia M. Child, Philothea: A Romance, 1836

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Fathers

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Im going to be in technology for a long time. – Eric Lefkofsky

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I have seen doctors, in good faith, leave patients on steroids for years, thinking they are doing right. A friend of mine was on steroids for so long, she has severe osteoporosis. – Mary Ann Mobley

Category:
Faith

Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all. – Albanian Proverb

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Guests

A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it. – Don Herold

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good