Logo
Quote by Kingsley Amis
Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means,

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

Other quotes by Kingsley Amis

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. – Kingsley Amis

Category:
Religion
Author
Kingsley Amis
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Politics
category

When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I dont like comfort-zone politics. – Nick Clegg

Category:
Politics

I dont take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more. – Robert Carlyle

Category:
Politics

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. – James Hansen

Category:
Politics

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. – Harry S. Truman

Category:
Politics

Random Quotes

Stubborn and ardent clinging to ones opinion is the best proof of stupidity. – Michel de Montaigne

Category:
best

Coloring outside the lines is a fine art. – Kim Nance

Category:
Crayons & Colors

If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too. – Willis Goth Regier, In Praise of Flattery, 2007

Category:
Happiness

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. – Francis Bacon

Category:
Wisdom