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Christopher Hitchens Quotes

Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It’s much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don’t know quite why this is true but it just is. Don’t ever be responsible for it Picture Quote #1

Exercise is a pastime only for those who are already slender and physically fit. It just isn’t so much fun when you have a marked tendency to wheeze and throw up, and a cannonball of a belly sloshing around inside the baggy garments Picture Quote #1

To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs Picture Quote #1

It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

If I was to interrupt this article every few sentences, asking you whether or not I was making a good impression on you, I hope and believe that you would think I was a servile jerk. Yet this is what our politicians are doing in every speech Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb Picture Quote #1

The role of dissident is not, and should not be, a claim of membership in a communion of saints. In other words, the more fallible the mammal, the truer the example Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’m not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful Picture Quote #1

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It is not that there are no certainties, it is that it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties Picture Quote #1

Name one moral action performed by a believer that could not have been done by a nonbeliever Picture Quote #1

One can’t indefinitely do for somebody what he is reluctant to do for himself Picture Quote #1

Those who want to be offended don’t have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them Picture Quote #1

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

I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt, and I claim that right Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

It is exactly the fear of revenge that motivates the deepest crimes, from the killing of the enemy’s children lest they grow up to play their own part, to the erasure of the enemy’s graveyards and holy places so that his hated name can be forgotten Picture Quote #1

And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don’t think anyone in my family would really feel I’d done them an injustice by saying that. We didn’t see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home 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

Millions of people die every day. Everyone’s got to go sometime. I’ve came by this particular tumor honestly. If you smoke, which I did for many years very heavily with occasional interruption, and if you use alcohol, you make yourself a candidate for it in your sixties Picture Quote #1

One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That’s how the human species has done as well as it has Picture Quote #1

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Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts Picture Quote #1

Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a recipe which, alone or in combination, is very certain to lead to some unhappiness and disorder Picture Quote #1

Here we are then, I was thinking, in a war to the finish between everything I love and everything I hate. Fine. We will win and they will lose. A pity that we let them pick the time and place of the challenge, but we can and we will make up for that Picture Quote #1

We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid Picture Quote #1

Do I fear death? No, I am not afraid of being dead because there’s nothing to be afraid of, I won’t know it. I fear dying, of dying I feel a sense of waste about it and I fear a sordid death, where I am incapacitated or imbecilic at the end which isn’t something to be afraid of, it’s something to be terrified of Picture Quote #1

There are days when I miss my old convictions as if they were an amputated limb. But in general I feel better, and no less radical, and you will feel better too, I guarantee, once you leave hold of the doctrinaire and allow your chainless mind to do its own thinking Picture Quote #1

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Name a moral statement or action, uttered or performed by a religious person that could not have been uttered or performed by an unbeliever (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) 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 (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) It’s much worse to see a woman drunk than a man: I don’t know quite why this is true but it just is. Don’t ever be responsible for it (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Exercise is a pastime only for those who are already slender and physically fit. It just isn’t so much fun when you have a marked tendency to wheeze and throw up, and a cannonball of a belly sloshing around inside the baggy garments (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) 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 (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) If I was to interrupt this article every few sentences, asking you whether or not I was making a good impression on you, I hope and believe that you would think I was a servile jerk. Yet this is what our politicians are doing in every speech (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The role of dissident is not, and should not be, a claim of membership in a communion of saints. In other words, the more fallible the mammal, the truer the example (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) 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 (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I’m not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) It is not that there are no certainties, it is that it is an absolute certainty that there are no certainties (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Name one moral action performed by a believer that could not have been done by a nonbeliever (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) One can’t indefinitely do for somebody what he is reluctant to do for himself (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Those who want to be offended don’t have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don’t be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I think religion should be treated with ridicule, hatred, and contempt, and I claim that right (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) 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 (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) It is exactly the fear of revenge that motivates the deepest crimes, from the killing of the enemy’s children lest they grow up to play their own part, to the erasure of the enemy’s graveyards and holy places so that his hated name can be forgotten (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don’t think anyone in my family would really feel I’d done them an injustice by saying that. We didn’t see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home (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) Millions of people die every day. Everyone’s got to go sometime. I’ve came by this particular tumor honestly. If you smoke, which I did for many years very heavily with occasional interruption, and if you use alcohol, you make yourself a candidate for it in your sixties (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That’s how the human species has done as well as it has (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a recipe which, alone or in combination, is very certain to lead to some unhappiness and disorder (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Here we are then, I was thinking, in a war to the finish between everything I love and everything I hate. Fine. We will win and they will lose. A pity that we let them pick the time and place of the challenge, but we can and we will make up for that (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) We keep on being told that religion, whatever its imperfections, at least instills morality. On every side, there is conclusive evidence that the contrary is the case and that faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all, more stupid (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Do I fear death? No, I am not afraid of being dead because there’s nothing to be afraid of, I won’t know it. I fear dying, of dying I feel a sense of waste about it and I fear a sordid death, where I am incapacitated or imbecilic at the end which isn’t something to be afraid of, it’s something to be terrified of (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) There are days when I miss my old convictions as if they were an amputated limb. But in general I feel better, and no less radical, and you will feel better too, I guarantee, once you leave hold of the doctrinaire and allow your chainless mind to do its own thinking (Christopher Hitchens Quotes)

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