# Quote — Martin Amis, Einstein's Monsters

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

- Author: [Martin Amis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis.md)
- Book: [Einstein's Monsters](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/einsteins-monsters.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Amis#Einstein's_Monsters_(1987)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/einsteins-monsters/the-arms-race

## More from this book

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

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/einsteins-monsters/weapons-are-like.md)

> "Einstein's Monsters," by the way, refers to nuclear weapons, but also to ourselves. We are Einstein's monsters, not fully human, not for now.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/einsteins-monsters/einsteins-monsters-by-the.md)

> 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.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/einsteins-monsters/for-myself-and.md)