To remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSSo there’s nothing more vulgar than the sound of someone saying, God Bless America, someone who doesn’t really believe it, but he thinks it will make him look good to other people. I think it’s the most nauseating spectacle.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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I don’t think it’s possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor.
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Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things… one of the beginnings of human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority.
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The finest fury is the most controlled.
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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion.
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What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition.
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Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
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Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
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Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, ‘Well, good on you. See you there.’
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We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes.
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The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have followed the rules correctly or not.
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No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis.
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Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
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I became a journalist because I didn’t want to have to rely on the press for information… I only read it to make sure of whatever everyone else thinks is going on, because it’s useful to know what people think is the news.
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