You can't be a person and a lady. If you're a person, you can open the damned door yourself.
Quentin CrispEverybody who's been on television more than once wears in public an expression of fatuous affability. Because you may be addressed at any moment by somebody.
Quentin CrispVienna is cold, and dark, and sad. It is laid out as though for a royal parade; the streets are wide and they're flanked by monumental buildings, decorated with the faces of angry gods. And on the roof are statues of national heroes, wielding weapons of destruction.
Quentin Crisp