Quentin Crisp Quotes About Manners

Quotes about: Manners

• Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn't?

  Quentin Crisp

  Block, Lying, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Manners are love in a cool climate.

  Quentin Crisp

  Love, Inspirational, Climate

• Manners are a way of getting what you want without appearing to be an absolute swine.

  Quentin Crisp

  Humor, Getting What You Want, Way

• In most cases an act of unwelcome sex is no more bother than being vaccinated, so there's no point going on about it as if it werea fate worse than death. With skill and good manners you can avoid having to make the sacrifice, but should you find yourself in a compromising situation largely of your own making, you should stop defending your virtue and start worrying about your maturity. It will give you something to think about while the savage pumper bangs away.

  Quentin Crisp

  Sex, Fate, Sacrifice

• I read all the books I could find about manners, and the extraordinary thing was, in all books up to the end of the Second World War, most were directed at how to comport yourself in the presence of the ladies.

  Quentin Crisp

  War, Book, World

  Source: www.avclub.com

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