Christopher Hitchens Quotes

American - Author | April 13, 1949 - December 15, 2011

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.

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A gentleman is never rude except on purpose - I can honestly be nasty sober, believe you me.

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To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?'

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What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

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There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument.

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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.

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It's true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder.

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Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.

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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

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A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular.

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I'm afraid the SS's relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny.

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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.

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