{"author":"Quentin Crisp","author_id":"Quentin+Crisp","total_quotes":23,"quotes":[{"text":"If a man were to look over the fence on one side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his left had laid his garden path round a central lawn; and were to look over the fence on the other side of his garden and observe that the neighbor on his right had laid his path down the middle of the lawn, and were then to lay his own garden path diagonally from one corner to the other, that man's soul would be lost. Originality is only to be praised when not prefaced by the look to right and left.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["creativity","originality"],"id":5879,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"Charisma is the ability to influence without logic.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["wit"],"id":36497,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"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?","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["atheism","idiocy"],"id":59363,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"I am unable to believe in a God susceptible to prayer. I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits, and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["absurdism","atheism","humour","inspirational","prayer"],"id":74523,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"The search for a life-style involves a journey to the interior. This is not altogether a pleasant experience, because you not only have to take stock of what you consider your assets but you also have to take a long look at what your friends call “the trouble with you.” Nevertheless, the journey is worth making.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["humour","inspirational"],"id":79755,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["style","succeed","you "],"id":122300,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["humor","inspirational","self-discovery"],"id":128236,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"There is no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["housework","humour"],"id":131170,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["fashion","lgbt"],"id":151830,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"},{"text":"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.","author":"Quentin Crisp","tags":["youth"],"id":178237,"author_id":"Quentin+Crisp"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}