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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it.

Joe Haldeman

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If you go into a relationship expecting someone else to fill you up, you're doomed right off.

Jennifer O'Neill

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Social media reactions to celebrity death have taken on a predictable pattern: an outpouring of shock with expressions of grief, followed by a ghoulish need to know all the details, to see the scene of the death and the family in mourning. Then a post-mortem dissection of all the perceived flaws the celebrity had.

Jennifer Armintrout

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We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.

Rodrigo Rato

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There would really be no reason to get up in the morning if Founders Fund was not willing to invest in companies that were doing important things, great businesses that very few people believe in.

Luke Nosek

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I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead.

Jean Cocteau

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If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life.

Jason Mitchell

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I just loved working with George Benson, whom I very much enjoy musically and as a person.

Aretha Franklin

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I never satisfied that kid but I think he and I have made a deal now.

Anthony Quinn

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I like to surf. I like to play guitar. I want to do college classes online. I wanted to do marine biology for a long time, but I don't know.

Ali Lohan

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I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place.

Tim Berners-Lee

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For a writer, children make life needlessly hard. I've muddled through a lot of things, but I have not muddled through my writing life. I work absolutely flat out, giving it my all.

Richard Ford

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