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Christopher Hitchens Quotes

A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss Picture Quote #1

Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife Picture Quote #1

The one unforgivable sin is to be boring Picture Quote #1

I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light Picture Quote #1

I am, I hope, never offensive by accident Picture Quote #1

I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me Picture Quote #1

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The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law Picture Quote #1

It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge Picture Quote #1

Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it Picture Quote #1

You can’t have occupation and human rights Picture Quote #1

A good liar must have a good memory Picture Quote #1

Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery Picture Quote #1

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Arguments that explain everything... explain nothing Picture Quote #1

As I’ve said before, you can be an atheist and anything you like Picture Quote #1

No child’s behind left Picture Quote #1

Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus Picture Quote #1

The death toll is not nearly high enough... Too many have escaped Picture Quote #1

I’m too old to shoulder a rifle in any meaningful sense myself Picture Quote #1

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To be involved in this, frankly, just makes me happy Picture Quote #1

The human wish to credit good things as miraculous and to charge bad things to another account is apparently universal Picture Quote #1

What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition Picture Quote #1

Virtue and merit can become their opposites if they are exacted or compelled Picture Quote #1

Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake Picture Quote #1

Chemotherapy isn’t good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, ‘Well that is a good thing because it’s supposed to be poison. If it’s making the tumor feel this queasy, then I’m OK with it.’ Picture Quote #1

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I had real plans for my next decade and felt I’d worked hard enough to earn it. Will I really not live to see my children married? To watch the World Trade Center rise again? To read - if not indeed write - the obituaries of elderly villains like Henry Kissinger and Joseph Ratzinger? Picture Quote #1

It’s not at all good when your cancer is ‘palpable’ from the outside. Especially when, as at this stage, they didn’t even know where the primary source was. Carcinoma works cunningly from the inside out. Detection and treatment often work more slowly and gropingly, from the outside in Picture Quote #1

Littera scripta manet - ‘the written word will remain’. That’s true, but it won’t be that much comfort to me Picture Quote #1

Religion is part of the human make-up. It’s also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy Picture Quote #1

To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’ Picture Quote #1

Well, I’m in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve Picture Quote #1

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A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Reagan is doing to the country what he can no longer do to his wife (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The one unforgivable sin is to be boring (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I am, I hope, never offensive by accident (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The essence of tyranny is not iron law. It is capricious law (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) It’s called faith because it’s not knowledge (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Of course we have free will because we have no choice but to have it (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) You can’t have occupation and human rights (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) A good liar must have a good memory (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Arguments that explain everything... explain nothing (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) As I’ve said before, you can be an atheist and anything you like (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) No child’s behind left (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Don’t take refuge in the false security of consensus (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The death toll is not nearly high enough... Too many have escaped (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I’m too old to shoulder a rifle in any meaningful sense myself (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) To be involved in this, frankly, just makes me happy (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The human wish to credit good things as miraculous and to charge bad things to another account is apparently universal (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Virtue and merit can become their opposites if they are exacted or compelled (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Chemotherapy isn’t good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, ‘Well that is a good thing because it’s supposed to be poison. If it’s making the tumor feel this queasy, then I’m OK with it.’ (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I had real plans for my next decade and felt I’d worked hard enough to earn it. Will I really not live to see my children married? To watch the World Trade Center rise again? To read - if not indeed write - the obituaries of elderly villains like Henry Kissinger and Joseph Ratzinger? (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) It’s not at all good when your cancer is ‘palpable’ from the outside. Especially when, as at this stage, they didn’t even know where the primary source was. Carcinoma works cunningly from the inside out. Detection and treatment often work more slowly and gropingly, from the outside in (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Littera scripta manet - ‘the written word will remain’. That’s true, but it won’t be that much comfort to me (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Religion is part of the human make-up. It’s also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) To the dumb question, ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, ‘Why not?’ (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Well, I’m in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve (Christopher Hitchens Quotes)

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