Christopher Hitchens Quotes

Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-style growth of 'like' has spread through the idiom of the young. And it's true that in some cases the term has become simultaneously a crutch and a tic, driving out the rest of the vocabulary as candy expels vegetables.

Christopher Hitchens

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 13, 1949 - December 15, 2011

Topics

GrowthParentsRestDrivingYoung

As a quarterback, you always believe in yourself. You always know you can do things.

Jimmy Garoppolo

Believe In YourselfYourselfBelieve

I had no intention of being an actor, ever.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

IntentionActorBeingEverHad

I bend and do not break.

Jean de La Fontaine

BendBreak

The fans in Dallas were hard on me my first year, but after having a great year last year they are now supporting me. It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.

Steve Nash

WorkHard WorkGreatMeYearNow

I have thin skin. I'm not a tough guy.

Tom Sizemore

ToughSkinTough GuyGuyThin

Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music.

Moby

MusicWalkNew YorkPeopleMeYou

When I was a little girl, I was a real, drippy bookworm. But when I went into fashion, I stopped reading.

Lisa Jewell

GirlFashionReadingRealLittle

I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.

Jason Robards

MeDramaOutTrackPhonyAlmost

I have to have the 'umph.' I've got to feel it, because if it's not getting through to me, the audience sure as hell aren't going to feel it either.

Janis Joplin

MeHellFeelAudienceThroughGoing

I don't want to live in a militarised country behind an iron curtain. It's boring. Been there and seen the movie. I've done that.

Dmitry Medvedev

LiveCountryDoneWantBoringIron

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

Archimedes

WisdomMeWorldEnoughLongPlace

Only the pun remains. The pun, beloved of Shakespeare, children and tabloid headline-writers, is normally eschewed in the modern, sophisticated circles in which I move.

Arthur Smith

ChildrenCirclesModernMovePun

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