Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENSTo remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off.
More Christopher Hitchens Quotes
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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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Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it.
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In the ordinary moral universe, the good will do the best they can, the worst will do the worst they can, but if you want to make good people do wicked things, you’ll need religion.
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Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
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Even if I accepted that Jesus – like almost every other prophet on record – was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected.
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Take the risk of thinking for yourself.
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To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’
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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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Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay.
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Religion makes kind people say unkind things: “I must prove my faith, so mutilate the genitals of my children.” They wouldn’t do that if God didn’t tell them to do so.
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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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To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation – is that good for the world?
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Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, religion no longer offers an explanation for anything important.
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Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of ‘the flock.
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The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God’s representative on earth.
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