Martin Amis Quotes

The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves.

Martin Amis

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• The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.

  

  Fernando Botero
  • Time
  • Character
  • Man

• The thing is, any time anyone invades anyone on stage, the invader always looks really bad no matter what point they're proving - obviously that applies to myself too.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Myself

• It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.

  

  Wangari Maathai
  • Life
  • Country
  • Death

• We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Life
  • Freedom
  • Value

• When you grow up around it, I just watched my father work really hard. He wasn't around as much as I would have liked. And when I grew up, I understood why.

  

  Katey Sagal
  • Up
  • Work
  • Why

• I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference.

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • Future
  • Teacher
  • Test

• It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.

  

  L. Neil Smith
  • Time
  • Long
  • Truth

• I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Time
  • Children
  • Support

• Astronomers have been bewildered by the theory of an expanding universe, but there is no less expansion in the moral infinite of the universe of man. As far as the frontiers of science are pushed back, over the extended arc of these frontiers one will hear the poet's hounds on the chase.

  

  Saint-John Perse
  • Man
  • Science
  • Universe

• In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Movie
  • Strong
  • King

• And then I graduate two years later, in 1998, with my class. And, since then I've been here in Houston for training basically. And I was very happy to be assigned to this mission.

  

  Umberto Guidoni
  • Happy
  • Training
  • Mission

• A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.

  

  Gary Zukav
  • You
  • Responsibility
  • Choice

• I'm constantly pitching one episode where we see life through Castle's eyes. I think Castle's just a little off as far as his perception goes. A very, very clever man, but I want to see the world as Castle sees it - kind of a rose-colored glasses, all the women find him irresistible, all the guys find him super cool and do whatever he says.

  

  Nathan Fillion
  • Life
  • World
  • Women

• Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Moral
  • Model
  • Leadership

• I was a stubborn cuss, and I made some mistakes.

  

  Earl Butz
  • Made
  • Mistakes
  • Stubborn

• I like things all shined up and rocking with hooky pop choruses.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Up
  • Like
  • Things

• Israel's middle class is paying for those below it, and that's fine, but also for those who are above it, and that's very wrong.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Wrong
  • Class
  • Israel

• Ambition can creep as well as soar.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Ambition
  • Well
  • Soar

• I don't regret anything.

  

  Brian McDermott
  • Regret

• The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, It isn't just one of your holiday games; You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Different
  • May
  • Mad

• And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly.

  

  John Abizaid
  • Experience

• The arms race is a race between nuclear weapons and ourselves.

  

  Martin Amis