Christopher Hitchens Quotes

Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.

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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When I think about developing solutions, I think about how we can use technology to make a difference.

John T. Chambers

TechnologyThinkMake A Difference

In most professions, you build up confidence and a sense of achievement as you go along, but that's really not true for acting.

Song Hye-kyo

ConfidenceAchievementYouActingGo

I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And that's why, over the years, in my movies I've had characters who didn't care what people thought about them. We try to be as true to them as possible and maybe see part of ourselves in there that we may not like.

Martin Scorsese

PeopleThinkThoughtCarePossible

As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.

Michelle Bachelet

TogetherWomanI AmOldJokeSins

I remember my seventh-grade chemistry teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I thought, 'Hmm. OK.' That gave me motivation to prove her wrong.

Michael Pena

TeacherMeThoughtMotivationWrong

I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep that low-profile because I don't want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life.

Julia Stiles

LifeExperiencePeopleCollegeMe

Jazz can accommodate so many things. Jazz is like the universe: it's been expanding since its creation, and it's connected to everything.

Jon Batiste

UniverseCreationJazzConnected

I started singing when I was 18 and landed my first record deal with RCA when I was 26 after a lot of grafting singing in pubs and clubs.

Bonnie Tyler

SingingFirstStartedDealAfter

When I write, I can shake off all my cares.

Anne Frank

I CanWriteOffShakeCaresI Write

I accept extinction as best explaining disjoined species. I see that the same cause must have reduced many species of great range to small, and that it may have reduced large genera to so small, and of families.

Asa Gray

GreatBestSmallAcceptSeeI See

There is nothing wrong with your marriage if you're dealing with bills and kids and the broken garbage disposal and in-laws and work demands. That's a normal marriage.

Phil McGraw

WorkMarriageBrokenYouWrong

I studied computer science and graphic design, yeah, so music was self-taught and a backburner thing, an obsessive hobby.

Tycho

MusicScienceDesignHobbyComputer

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