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.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
It is only those who hope to transform human beings who end up by burning them, like the waste product of a failed experiment.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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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 can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
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The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness.
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The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
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The one unforgivable sin is to be boring.
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I’m an atheist. I’m not neutral about religion, I’m hostile to it. I think it is a positively bad idea, not just a false one. And I mean not just organized religion, but religious belief itself.
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I say that homosexuality is not just a form of sex, it’s a form of love, and it deserves our respect for that reason.
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The gods that we’ve made are exactly the gods you’d expect to be made by a species that’s about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee.
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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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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I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.
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Why do humans exist? A major part of the answer: because Pikaia Gracilens survived the Burgess decimation.
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Jesus makes large claims for his heavenly father but never mentions that his mother is or was a virgin, and is repeatedly very rude and coarse to her when she makes an appearance.
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Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife.
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It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge.
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