Kingsley Amis Quotes & Sayings

“If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing.”

“Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go.”

“Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.”

“There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.”

“One of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.”

“Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.”

“It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.”

“He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.”

“It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.”

“No wonder people are so horrible when they start life as children.”