Martin Amis Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Martin Amis quotes, Martin Amis sayings, and Martin Amis proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time. Martin Amis
In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor. Martin Amis
Your purpose when driving is not to arrive at your destination safely or quickly. Your purpose when driving is...to impress your personality on the road. Martin Amis
Life is made of fear. Some people eat fear soup three times a day. Some people eat fear soup all the meals there are. I eat it sometimes. When they bring me fear soup to eat, I try not to eat it, I try to send it back. But sometimes I'm too afraid to and have to eat it anyway. Martin Amis
They're always looking forward to going places they're just coming back from, or regretting doing things they haven't yet done. They say hello when they mean goodbye. Martin Amis
Closure is a greasy little word which, moreover, describes a nonexistent condition. The truth, Venus, is that nobody gets over anything. Martin Amis
When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable Martin Amis
Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change. Martin Amis
Bullets cannot be recalled. They cannot be uninvented. But they can be taken out of the gun. Martin Amis
Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal. Only styles change. Martin Amis
The trouble with life ... is its amorphousness, its ridiculous fluidity. Look at it: thinly plotted, largely themeless, sentimental and ineluctably trite. The dialogue is poor, or at least violently uneven. The twists are either predictable or sensationalist. And it's always the same beginning; and the same ending. Martin Amis
When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable. Martin Amis
It is terrible to see someone being beaten up by the English language. Martin Amis
When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable. Martin Amis
Like fundamentalist Judaism and medieval Christianity, Islam is totalism. That is to say, it makes a total claim on the individual. Martin Amis
When the past is forgotten, the present is unforgettable Martin Amis
Style is not neutral. It gives moral directions. Martin Amis
To be more interested in the writer than the writing is just eternal human vulgarity. Martin Amis