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Christopher Hitchens Quotes

The Auden/Kallman relationship had this to be said for it: It affirmed that it’s better to be blatant than latent Picture Quote #1

Orwell wrote easily and well about small humane pursuits, such as bird watching, gardening and cooking, and did not despise popular pleasures like pubs and vulgar seaside resorts. In many ways, his investigations into ordinary life and activity prefigure what we now call ‘cultural studies Picture Quote #1

I don’t think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way Picture Quote #1

Happiness is fleeting and life is brief, but we know that, nonetheless, life can be savored and that happiness, even of the ecstatic kind, is available to us Picture Quote #1

In one way, I suppose, I have been ‘in denial’ for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light Picture Quote #1

Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can’t Picture Quote #1

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If you’ve led a rather bohemian and rackety life, as I have, it’s precisely the cancer that you’d expect to get. That’s a bit of a yawn Picture Quote #1

I’m afraid the SS’s relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny Picture Quote #1

At a certain point talk about ‘essence’ and ‘oneness’ and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive Picture Quote #1

I’m here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn’t make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply Picture Quote #1

If people I’ve never met or don’t know say that what I’ve written or done or said means anything to them, then I’m happy to take it at face value, for once. It cheers me up Picture Quote #1

To ‘choose’ dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid Picture Quote #1

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American author Mark Twain, while viewed as liberal and non-judgmental, did at times demonstrate both these characteristics. While his reasons for detesting the Christian faith are unclear, they seem to have been profound and deep-rooted. Having lambasted the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, in a later quote he referred to the Book of Mormon as chloroform in print Picture Quote #1

I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there’s no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That’s all crap Picture Quote #1

When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - ‘I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest,’ and so forth, I switch off quite early Picture Quote #1

There’s been some research in cognitive science, I’m told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it’s white noise Picture Quote #1

Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish Picture Quote #1

No society has gone the way of gulags or concentration camps by following the path of Spinoza and Einstein and Jefferson and Thomas Paine Picture Quote #1

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A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people’s hope Picture Quote #1

In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them Picture Quote #1

The creation story is ridiculous garbage. And has given us a completely false picture of our origin as a species and the origins of the cosmos. If you want a good mythical story it would be the life of Socrates Picture Quote #1

When Caroline Kennedy managed to say ‘you know’ more than 200 times in an interview with the New York ‘Daily News,’ and on 130 occasions while talking to ‘The New York Times’ during her uninspired attempt to become a hereditary senator, she proved, among other things, that she was (a) middle-aged and (b) middle class Picture Quote #1

I’ve had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat Picture Quote #1

If God really wanted people to be free of [wicked thoughts], he should have taken more care to invent a different species Picture Quote #1

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I don’t think Romney is wacky at all, but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things. Left on his own, Romney would never have said something like the Garden Of Eden was in Missouri, and will be again Picture Quote #1

I’d like to prove to other people that it’s not the end of everything to be diagnosed with cancer Picture Quote #1

Read with care, George Orwell’s diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics Picture Quote #1

I’m not resigned, but I’m realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. And the other wager is, the part of the wager, it’s a certainty you’ll have a terrible time and you may wish you were dying because it’s an awful process Picture Quote #1

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.’ Picture Quote #1

Like the experience of warfare, the endurance of grave or terminal illness involves long periods of tedium and anxiety, punctuated by briefer interludes of stark terror and pain Picture Quote #1

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The Auden/Kallman relationship had this to be said for it: It affirmed that it’s better to be blatant than latent. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Orwell wrote easily and well about small humane pursuits, such as bird watching, gardening and cooking, and did not despise popular pleasures like pubs and vulgar seaside resorts. In many ways, his investigations into ordinary life and activity prefigure what we now call ‘cultural studies. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I don’t think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Happiness is fleeting and life is brief, but we know that, nonetheless, life can be savored and that happiness, even of the ecstatic kind, is available to us. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) In one way, I suppose, I have been ‘in denial’ for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often gives a lovely light. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can’t. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) If you’ve led a rather bohemian and rackety life, as I have, it’s precisely the cancer that you’d expect to get. That’s a bit of a yawn. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I’m afraid the SS’s relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) At a certain point talk about ‘essence’ and ‘oneness’ and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I’m here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn’t make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) If people I’ve never met or don’t know say that what I’ve written or done or said means anything to them, then I’m happy to take it at face value, for once. It cheers me up. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) To ‘choose’ dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) American author Mark Twain, while viewed as liberal and non-judgmental, did at times demonstrate both these characteristics. While his reasons for detesting the Christian faith are unclear, they seem to have been profound and deep-rooted. Having lambasted the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, in a later quote he referred to the Book of Mormon as chloroform in print. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there’s no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That’s all crap. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) When I meet people who say - which they do all of the time - ‘I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest,’ and so forth, I switch off quite early. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) There’s been some research in cognitive science, I’m told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it’s white noise. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) No society has gone the way of gulags or concentration camps by following the path of Spinoza and Einstein and Jefferson and Thomas Paine (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people’s hope. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The creation story is ridiculous garbage. And has given us a completely false picture of our origin as a species and the origins of the cosmos. If you want a good mythical story it would be the life of Socrates. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) When Caroline Kennedy managed to say ‘you know’ more than 200 times in an interview with the New York ‘Daily News,’ and on 130 occasions while talking to ‘The New York Times’ during her uninspired attempt to become a hereditary senator, she proved, among other things, that she was (a) middle-aged and (b) middle class. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I’ve had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) If God really wanted people to be free of [wicked thoughts], he should have taken more care to invent a different species. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I don’t think Romney is wacky at all, but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky things, believe and affirm crazy things. Left on his own, Romney would never have said something like the Garden Of Eden was in Missouri, and will be again. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I’d like to prove to other people that it’s not the end of everything to be diagnosed with cancer. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Read with care, George Orwell’s diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I’m not resigned, but I’m realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. And the other wager is, the part of the wager, it’s a certainty you’ll have a terrible time and you may wish you were dying because it’s an awful process. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) 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.’ (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Like the experience of warfare, the endurance of grave or terminal illness involves long periods of tedium and anxiety, punctuated by briefer interludes of stark terror and pain. (Christopher Hitchens Quotes)

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