"Each life is a game of chess that……" — Martin Amis

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— Martin Amis

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123 Quotes by Martin Amis

Martin Amis has 123 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and…
Very broadly, literature concerns itself with the internal, cinema with the external.
Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an…
When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral…
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're…
Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.
Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark -…
One of the unseen benefits of having children is that they deliver you from your own selfishness. There's no going…
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
More will mean worse.

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More Chess Quotes

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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least… — David Bailey
My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. — Dave Barry
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. — Kobe Bryant
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess,… — Madeleine Albright
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — Alexander Alekhine
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex… — Steve Carell
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to… — Graydon Carter
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. — Winston Churchill
I failed to make the chess team because of my height. — Woody Allen

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