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> [I was never an Angry Young Man. I am angry only when I hit my thumb with a hammer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/i-was-never-an-angry-young-man-i-am-angry-only-when-i-hit-my-thumb/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

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## More by Kingsley Amis

> [To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/to-refer-even-in-passing-to-unpublished-or-struggling-authors-and/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in any department of life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/never-despise-a-drink-because-it-is-easy-to-make-and-or-uses/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [“There was no excuse which didn't consist of inexcusable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/there-was-no-excuse-which-didn-t-consist-of-inexcusable/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [The rewards for being sane may not be very many, but knowing what's funny is one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/the-rewards-for-being-sane-may-not-be-very-many-but-knowing-what-s/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [The human race has not devised any way of dissolving barriers, getting to know the other chap fast, breaking the ice, that is one-tenth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/the-human-race-has-not-devised-any-way-of-dissolving-barriers-getting/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [“{Rogers} sexual aim is “to convert a creature who is cool, dry, calm, articulate, independent, purposeful into a creature who is the opposite of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/rogers-sexual-aim-is-to-convert-a-creature-who-is-cool-dry-calm/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [If there's one word that sums up everything that's gone wrong since the war, it's Workshop. After Youth, that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/if-there-s-one-word-that-sums-up-everything-that-s-gone-wrong-since/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [Jake was close to tears. In that moment he saw the world in its true light, as a place where nothing had ever been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/jake-was-close-to-tears-in-that-moment-he-saw-the-world-in-its-true/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [It scored right away with me by being the smooth, fine-grained sort, not the coarse flaky, dry-on-the-outside rubbish full of chunds of gut and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/it-scored-right-away-with-me-by-being-the-smooth-fine-grained-sort/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/it-s-never-pleasant-to-have-one-s-unquestioning-beliefs-put-in-their/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [“Jake did a quick run-through of women in his mind, not of the ones he had known or dealt with in the past few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/jake-did-a-quick-run-through-of-women-in-his-mind-not-of-the-ones-he/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [“I don't allow people of your sort to stand in my way. That's what you're leaving out of account. I'm having Christine because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/i-don-t-allow-people-of-your-sort-to-stand-in-my-way-that-s-what-you/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [If you are using an adverb, you have got the verb wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/if-you-are-using-an-adverb-you-have-got-the-verb-wrong/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [Outside every fat man there is an even fatter man trying to close in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/outside-every-fat-man-there-is-an-even-fatter-man-trying-to-close-in/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

> [“When the bishop farted we were amused to hear about it. Should the ploughboy find treasure we must be told. But when the ploughboy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-amis/when-the-bishop-farted-we-were-amused-to-hear-about-it-should-the/)

[Kingsley Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-amis/)

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