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Christopher Hitchens Quotes

Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one Picture Quote #1

No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis 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

It’s true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder Picture Quote #1

I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for granted, and where there is either too much law and order or too little Picture Quote #1

I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously Picture Quote #1

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I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living Picture Quote #1

Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas Picture Quote #1

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly Picture Quote #1

I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don’t see why anybody does Picture Quote #1

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

I have nowhere claimed nor even implied that unbelief is a guarantee of good conduct or even an indicator of it Picture Quote #1

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I retain what’s interesting to me, but I don’t have a lot of strategic depth Picture Quote #1

I’d always somehow felt slightly as if I’d been born in the wrong country Picture Quote #1

Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long Picture Quote #1

Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers Picture Quote #1

Even with all the advantages of retrospect, and a lot of witnesses dead and gone, you can’t make your life look as if you intended it or you were consistent. All you can show is how you dealt with various hands Picture Quote #1

The press is still investing itself, it seems to me, in a sort of cynicism. It comes out better for them if they can predict hard times, bogging down, sniping, attrition Picture Quote #1

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All the time, I’ve felt that life is a wager and that I probably was getting more out of leading a bohemian existence as a writer than I would have if I didn’t Picture Quote #1

The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion Picture Quote #1

In the brute physical world, and the one encompassed by medicine, there are all too many things that could kill you, don’t kill you, and then leave you considerably weaker Picture Quote #1

It’s considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don’t see why that’s considered a normal thing Picture Quote #1

My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd Picture Quote #1

Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay Picture Quote #1

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The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind Picture Quote #1

The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition Picture Quote #1

Never ask while you are doing it if what you are doing is fun. Don’t introduce even your most reliably witty acquaintance as someone who will set the table on a roar Picture Quote #1

I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves Picture Quote #1

Hardest of all, as one becomes older, is to accept that sapient remarks can be drawn from the most unwelcome or seemingly improbable sources, and that the apparently more trustworthy sources can lead one astray Picture Quote #1

Flaubert was right when he said that our use of language is like a cracked kettle on which we bang out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we need to move the very stars to pity Picture Quote #1

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Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) No school of philosophy has ever solved this question of whether being determines consciousness or the other way around. It may be a false antithesis (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) It’s true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for granted, and where there is either too much law and order or too little (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don’t see why anybody does (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I don’t think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I have nowhere claimed nor even implied that unbelief is a guarantee of good conduct or even an indicator of it (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I retain what’s interesting to me, but I don’t have a lot of strategic depth (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I’d always somehow felt slightly as if I’d been born in the wrong country (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Even with all the advantages of retrospect, and a lot of witnesses dead and gone, you can’t make your life look as if you intended it or you were consistent. All you can show is how you dealt with various hands (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The press is still investing itself, it seems to me, in a sort of cynicism. It comes out better for them if they can predict hard times, bogging down, sniping, attrition (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) All the time, I’ve felt that life is a wager and that I probably was getting more out of leading a bohemian existence as a writer than I would have if I didn’t (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The secular argument, or the liberal argument, is to as much as possible remove taboos so things do not become unmentionable; to let some air into the discussion (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) In the brute physical world, and the one encompassed by medicine, there are all too many things that could kill you, don’t kill you, and then leave you considerably weaker (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) It’s considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don’t see why that’s considered a normal thing (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Never ask while you are doing it if what you are doing is fun. Don’t introduce even your most reliably witty acquaintance as someone who will set the table on a roar (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Hardest of all, as one becomes older, is to accept that sapient remarks can be drawn from the most unwelcome or seemingly improbable sources, and that the apparently more trustworthy sources can lead one astray (Christopher Hitchens Quotes) Flaubert was right when he said that our use of language is like a cracked kettle on which we bang out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we need to move the very stars to pity (Christopher Hitchens Quotes)

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