"Growing older, I have lost the need to……" — Kingsley Amis
"Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means ... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics."
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42 Quotes by Kingsley Amis
Kingsley Amis has 42 quotes on this site.
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Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.
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Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it…
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One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a…
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It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start life as children.
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If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.
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Cats are only human, they have their faults.
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A German wine label is one of the things life's too short for, a daunting testimony to that peculiar nation's…
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When I find someone I respect writing about an edgy, nervous wine that dithered in the glass, I cringe. When…
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The first, indeed the only, requirement of a diet is that it should lose you weight without reducing your alcoholic…
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I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other.
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Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in…
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He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.
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