He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. – Kingsley Amis
Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in. – Kingsley Amis
He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. – Kingsley Amis
Outside every fat man there was an even fatter man trying to close in. – Kingsley Amis
Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means, in this country, the need to be left. I am driven into grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics. – Kingsley Amis
Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. – Azar Nafisi