Quote by Quentin Crisp
The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and c

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

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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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

Category:
Happiness
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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 cant think what to do with the long winter evenings. – Quentin Crisp

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Money
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Teenagers
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The best substitute for experience is being sixteen. – Raymond Duncan

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Teenagers

Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. – Yiddish Proverb

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Teenagers

Mother Nature is providential. She gives us twelve years to develop a love for our children before turning them into teenagers. – William Galvin

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Teenagers

A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does. – Lewis B. Hershey, News summaries, 31 December 1951

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Teenagers

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