Kingsley Amis Quotes

To cement a new friendship, especially between foreigners or persons of a different social world, a spark with which both were secretly charged must fly from person to person, and cut across the accidents of place and time.

Those who know me, after a few beers, I love music and I love to dance, but that doesn't mean I'll be any good!

I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'

Once a month, I get together with my girlfriends and we usually check into a hotel or go to someone else's house. We can talk for 15 hours, and it just flies by.

My best friends are just girls who go to school. They're not in the industry, and we have dinner nights and learn how to cook together and go on hiking trails and the beach.

I like a quiet evening with family or friends over, great food and great discussion and a lot of laughter. That's really what I think fills my tank.

My favorite thing in the world is to have just a big dinner with friends and just sit and talk about their life and their difficulties and all of that.

Watching TV is companionable: you share an experience, you can comment on the action here and there for a bit of conversation... it's a way of showing someone that you want his or her company and engaging in a low-key, pleasant, undemanding way.

I love having my hair blown dry by a stylist and I also truly enjoy being with my friends and family.

I talk, watch TV, spout opinions, schmooze, negotiate, talk some more, play games, and have a little cocktail.

I love pubs and I love pub culture.

After five o’clock we all drink the same booze.

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

The emphasis that diplomats of all countries in all capitals accord to entertainment is the result of a conspiracy by which function is found in pleasant social in intercourse and controlled inebriation.

It's a human thing to want to spend time with people you know well.

Paris is cafe culture, Dublin is pub culture, and that's the best place to solve all the world's problems: over a pint! One of the great joys of living, I think. The problems of the world seem to disappear.

Touch is incredibly important as part of the human experience. Our ancestors relied on human touch to form and strengthen bonds with each other. Touch can accelerate a feeling of connection and releases hormones in our body that engender trust and build connection.

That was my first real connection with Dre - that we both liked to drink.

Dinner is often a very celebratory environment, a very safe place, a time to reflect and let the day go and enjoy good food and good wine. It's a very peaceful moment during the day. A great dinner can change your day around.

People connect to a good bar very personally.

Contact is in my nature.

I'm one who will go and have a beer with my pals on a Sunday afternoon. I'll go on a Friday night and have an hour with my pals, lads that I've knocked about with for 20-25 years.

Because you know what happens when you say 'hello' or 'good morning?' You make a connection. And isn't that what being human is all about?

That's why I love wine, it opens people up, brings people together, and it's an important part of so many of my favourite memories.

Whenever I see my family, we always drink wine and play cards together.