posted June 30, 2006 11:00 AM         

Did anyone see the Naked Civil Servant....a wonderful portrayal of the character by the amazing John Hurt.........

I will try to find some quotes from the man, possessed an amazing amount of wit and wisdom.....

God bless him wherever he is...

posted June 30, 2006 11:03 AM         

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

Quentin Crisp
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

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

Quentin Crisp
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.

Quentin Crisp
The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we have of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

Quentin Crisp
To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

Quentin Crisp
Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

Quentin Crisp
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?"

posted June 30, 2006 04:33 PM         

I would love to have met him....I believe he spent his last days living in NYC walking the streets in full makeup and unusual hats....