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Martin Amis Quotes

Martin Amis quotes

British Writer August 25, 1949

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Martin Amis quote: "Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands."
Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands. Martin Amis
So if you ever felt something behind you, when you weren't even one, like welcome heat, like a bulb, like a sun, trying to shine right across the universe - it was me. Always me. It was me. It was me. Martin Amis
I wouldn’t have minded a rather more detailed conclusion (to Pride and Prejudice) — say, a twenty-page sex scene featuring the two principals, with Mr. Darcy, furthermore, acquitting himself uncommonly well. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough."
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough. Martin Amis
There have been rich meat and bloody wine. There have been brandies, and thick puddings. There has already been some dirty talk. Selina is in high spirits, and as for me, I'm a gurgling wizard of calorific excess. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions."
Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "But before we face experience, that miserable enemy, let us..."
But before we face experience, that miserable enemy, let us have some more innocence, just for a while. Martin Amis
So this was all you got: the zooty sideburns and masturbator's pallor of an old Ted in a black suit and the secular obsequies. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "The deal with multiculturalism is that the only culture you're..."
The deal with multiculturalism is that the only culture you're allowed to disapprove of is your own. Martin Amis
What is the only provocation that could bring about the use of nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the priority target for nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. What is the only established defense against nuclear weapons? Nuclear weapons. How do we prevent the use of nuclear weapons? By threatening the use of nuclear weapons. And we can't get rid of nuclear weapons, because of nuclear weapons. The intransigence, it seems, is a function of the weapons themselves. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "They did more than take our youth away. They also took away..."
They did more than take our youth away. They also took away the men we were going to be. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "I've got two backs, me - and I'm glad! Tits can be . . . mwa,..."
I've got two backs, me - and I'm glad! Tits can be . . . mwa, I know, but they're always in the bloody road. Even in bed. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "Oppression lays down blood-lust. It lays it down like a wine."
Oppression lays down blood-lust. It lays it down like a wine. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "Yeah,' I said and started smoking another cigarette. Unless I..."
Yeah,' I said and started smoking another cigarette. Unless I inform you otherwise, I'm always smoking another cigarette. Martin Amis
Einstein's Monsters," by the way, refers to nuclear weapons, but also to ourselves. We are Einstein's monsters, not fully human, not for now. Martin Amis

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