"No pleasure is worth giving up for the……" — Kingsley Amis

"No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home at Weston-super-Mare"

— Kingsley Amis

Geriatric Quotes Giving Quotes Home Quotes Mare Quotes More Quotes Pleasure Quotes Pleasure Is Worth Quotes Sake Quotes Super Quotes Two Quotes Up Quotes Weston Quotes Worth Quotes Worth Giving Quotes Years Quotes

42 Quotes by Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis has 42 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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

See all 42 quotes by Kingsley Amis »

More Geriatric Quotes

This quote is filed under Geriatric Quotes, one of 10 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I didn't think it was possible at my age honestly. They call it a geriatric pregnancy — Halle Berry
There are things that I invented - the creaky geriatric robot that is always grumpy, for example, or the little… — Michael Bay
Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. — Harold MacMillan
The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. — Neville Marriner
I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an… — John Mortimer
Any more bitching from the geriatric crew? What a bunch of old women. Should I hire another crewmate to change… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
On Mardi Gras, she got his soul back and freed him. (Wulf) Oh man, that sucks. Now he’s going to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Egyptian Nile, though it does have its own particular hazards, is subject to none of what I find in… — Rosemary Mahoney
There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. — John Mortimer

See all 10 Geriatric Quotes »