"Einstein's Monsters," by the way, refers to nuclear weapons, but also to ourselves. We are Einstein's… — Martin Amis

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

Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.

For myself and my loved ones, I want the heat, which comes at the speed of light. I don’t want to have to hang about for the blast, which idles along at the speed of sound.