Frases de Quentin Crisp

Quentin Crisp , nombre de nacimiento Denis Charles Pratt, fue un escritor, modelo artístico, actor y cuenta-historias inglés conocido por su memorable y perspicaz ingenio. Fue un icono gay en los 70 tras la publicación de sus memorias, "El funcionario desnudo" que atrajo la atención del público por su exhibicionismo desafiante y su persistente rechazo a ocultar su homosexualidad Wikipedia  

✵ 25. diciembre 1908 – 21. noviembre 1999   •   Otros nombres كوینتین كریسب, كوينتين كريسب
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Quentin Crisp: Frases en inglés

“There was no need to do any housework at all. After four years the dirt doesn’t get any worse.”

Quentin Crisp libro The Naked Civil Servant

Fuente: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 15

“In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast.”

Quentin Crisp libro The Naked Civil Servant

The Naked Civil Servant (1968)

“If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.”

Fuente: The Naked Civil Servant; How To Become A Virgin; Resident Alien

“Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.”

Quentin Crisp libro The Naked Civil Servant

Fuente: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 1
Contexto: 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.

“Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.”

Quentin Crisp libro The Naked Civil Servant

Fuente: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 18

“I became one of the stately homos of England.”

Quentin Crisp libro The Naked Civil Servant

Fuente: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 23

“As someone remarked, when told the new atomic bombs would explode without a bang, "they can’t leave anything alone."”

Quentin Crisp libro The Naked Civil Servant

Fuente: The Naked Civil Servant (1968), Ch. 13