Kingsley Amis Quotes

English - Novelist | April 22, 1922 - October 22, 1995

His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum.

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NightSmallMouthUsedBeenSome

Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in.

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ManFatTryingOutsideCloseEven

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

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JournalismLazinessBecomeChief

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

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LifeChildrenPeopleStartWonder

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

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DoneNeverMoveAgainHeOnce

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other.

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FeelSometimesMoreThanDishesAny

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

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WritingYouPointLittleSomebody

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

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LoveYouSexGoNeverItch

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

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LifeChildrenPeopleStartWonder

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.

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GreatReligionMeYouNobodyMean

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

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EndNiceThingsNastyThanWays

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

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LifeChildrenPeopleWonderStarted

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