# The Condition of Muzak

- Author: [Michael Moorcock](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock.md)
- Quotes: 12
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak

## Quotes

> “He complains that I don’t really understand the importance of it all. He thinks my loyalties are sometimes divided.” They were quite a long way behind the men. Mitzi smirked. “Of course, that’s impossible. I haven’t any loyalties at all.”

p. 681 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/he-complains-that.md)

> “I appreciate this quest for national identity,” she said, “but it does seem that most traditions were dropped for the good reason that they were revoltingly cruel and stupid.”

p. 772 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/i-appreciate-this.md)

> From the ceiling came the miserable, neurotic drone of the Everly Brothers. He let it play, deepening his mood. If a mood was worth having, he thought, it was worth having profoundly.

p. 642 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/from-the-ceiling.md)

> “I’ll be seeing you,” said Jerry.
>
> Koutrouboussis chuckled to himself. “At this rate you’ll be raising me, too.”

p. 652 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/ill-be-seeing.md)

> Stagnation’s no substitute for stability.

p. 649 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/stagnations-no-substitute.md)

> Yesterday’s underdog is tomorrow’s tyrant.

p. 738 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/yesterdays-underdog-is-tomorrows.md)

> Even ruin could not make it picturesque. The streets were awash with weather-stained postcards, bedraggled and muddy King Arthur tea-towels, broken plastic Holy Grails, Excaliburs carved from chalk, tiny Round Tables to hang on the wall, and polystyrene crowns. In the reign of one Elizabeth the ideal had reached perfection and, in the reign of another, it had achieved its ultimate degradation.

p. 699 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/even-ruin-could.md)

> Some try to understand the world, while others seek to impose their understanding on it. Unfortunately, Mr. Smiles, these latter folk are those least equipped to perform the operation. Like Frankenstein, my dear Mr. Smiles, they produce a monster.

p. 790 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/some-try-to-understand.md)

> I was thinking of going into the assassination business. You know what a dreamer I am. Would it be too much of a hit and myth operation, do you think?

p. 761 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/i-was-thinking.md)

> “There’s more to life than drugs and sex, Mr. Cornelius.”
>
> “There’s more than life to drugs and sex. It’s better than nothing.”

p. 761 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/theres-more-to-life.md)

> How many generations need to comply in a fallacy before it becomes accepted as truth?

p. 652 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/how-many-generations.md)

> “Better the myth of happiness,” Harlequin murmured, “than the myth of despair.”

p. 786 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-condition-of-muzak/better-the-myth.md)