Christopher Hitchens Quotes And Sayings

Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British-American author, columnist, essayist, orator, religious and literary critic, social critic, and journalist. He contributed to New Statesman, The Nation, The Atlantic, London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Slate, and Vanity Fair. Hitchens was the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of over 30 books. In 2007, Hitchens published his most popular book, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, which was a New York Times bestseller.

I Don't Think It's Possible To Have A Sense Of Tragedy Without Having A Sense Of Humor.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (10) - I Don't Think It's Possible To... - QuotesI Don't Think It's Possible To Have A Sense Of Tragedy Without Having A Sense Of Humor.

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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 (100) - I'm Here As A Product Of Proc... - QuotesI'm Here As A Product Of Process Of Evolution, Which Doesn't Make Very Many Exceptions. And Which Rates Life Relatively Cheaply.

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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.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (1) - Religion Is Part Of The Human M... - QuotesReligion 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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Religion Is Not Going To Come Up With Any New Arguments.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (101) - Religion Is Not Going To Come... - QuotesReligion Is Not Going To Come Up With Any New Arguments.

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Literature, Not Scripture, Sustains The Mind And - Since There Is No Other Metaphor - Also The Soul.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (103) - Literature, Not Scripture, Su... - QuotesLiterature, Not Scripture, Sustains The Mind And - Since There Is No Other Metaphor - Also The Soul.

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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 (102) - No School Of Philosophy Has E... - QuotesNo School Of Philosophy Has Ever Solved This Question Of Whether Being Determines Consciousness Or The Other Way Around. It May Be A False Antithesis.

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Terrorism Is The Tactic Of Demanding The Impossible, And Demanding It At Gunpoint.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (105) - Terrorism Is The Tactic Of De... - QuotesTerrorism Is The Tactic Of Demanding The Impossible, And Demanding It At Gunpoint.

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Nothing Could Make Me Forget What The Reagan Years Had Actually Been Like.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (106) - Nothing Could Make Me Forget ... - QuotesNothing Could Make Me Forget What The Reagan Years Had Actually Been Like.

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Read With Care, George Orwell's Diaries, From The Years 1931 To 1949, Can Greatly Enrich Our Understanding Of How Orwell Transmuted The Raw Material Of Everyday Experience Into Some Of His Best-known Novels And Polemics.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (104) - Read With Care, George Orwell... - QuotesRead With Care, George Orwell's Diaries, From The Years 1931 To 1949, Can Greatly Enrich Our Understanding Of How Orwell Transmuted The Raw Material Of Everyday Experience Into Some Of His Best-known Novels And Polemics.

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I Mean, What Would I Be Doing If I Couldn't Write? But That Fortunately Hasn't Proved To Be The Case And I Can Read Any Day. I Still Read A Lot, And I Can Write Any Day, But Much More Slowly And Fewer Words.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (109) - I Mean, What Would I Be Doing... - QuotesI Mean, What Would I Be Doing If I Couldn't Write? But That Fortunately Hasn't Proved To Be The Case And I Can Read Any Day. I Still Read A Lot, And I Can Write Any Day, But Much More Slowly And Fewer Words.

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I Had Real Plans For My Next Decade And Felt I'd Worked Hard Enough To Earn It. Will I Really Not Live To See My Children Married? To Watch The World Trade Center Rise Again? To Read - If Not Indeed Write - The Obituaries Of Elderly Villains Like Henry Kissinger And Joseph Ratzinger?

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (108) - I Had Real Plans For My Next ... - QuotesI Had Real Plans For My Next Decade And Felt I'd Worked Hard Enough To Earn It. Will I Really Not Live To See My Children Married? To Watch The World Trade Center Rise Again? To Read - If Not Indeed Write - The Obituaries Of Elderly Villains Like Henry Kissinger And Joseph Ratzinger?

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It's True That Obscenity Is A Matter Of Taste And In The Eye Of The Beholder.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (107) - It's True That Obscenity Is A... - QuotesIt's True That Obscenity Is A Matter Of Taste And In The Eye Of The Beholder.

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I Sometimes Wish I Were Suffering In A Good Cause, Or Risking My Life For The Good Of Others, Instead Of Just Being A Gravely Endangered Patient.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (110) - I Sometimes Wish I Were Suffe... - QuotesI Sometimes Wish I Were Suffering In A Good Cause, Or Risking My Life For The Good Of Others, Instead Of Just Being A Gravely Endangered Patient.

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High Moral Character Is Not A Precondition For Great Moral Accomplishments.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (111) - High Moral Character Is Not A... - QuotesHigh Moral Character Is Not A Precondition For Great Moral Accomplishments.

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And When I Was Young, My Family Was Perfectly Nice. I Write A Lot About It, As You Noticed. But It Was Rather Limited. I Think, I Don't Think Anyone In My Family Would Really Feel I'd Done Them An Injustice By Saying That. We Didn't See Many People. There Were Many Books. It Was As If I Wanted To Get Away From Home.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (11) - And When I Was Young, My Famil... - QuotesAnd When I Was Young, My Family Was Perfectly Nice. I Write A Lot About It, As You Noticed. But It Was Rather Limited. I Think, I Don't Think Anyone In My Family Would Really Feel I'd Done Them An Injustice By Saying That. We Didn't See Many People. There Were Many Books. It Was As If I Wanted To Get Away From Home.

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I Have Tried For Much Of My Life To Write As If I Was Composing My Sentences To Be Read Posthumously.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (112) - I Have Tried For Much Of My L... - QuotesI Have Tried For Much Of My Life To Write As If I Was Composing My Sentences To Be Read Posthumously.

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I'm Not That Keen On The Idea Of Being Unconscious.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (113) - I'm Not That Keen On The Idea... - QuotesI'm Not That Keen On The Idea Of Being Unconscious.

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I Think The Materialist Conception Of History Is Valid.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (114) - I Think The Materialist Conce... - QuotesI Think The Materialist Conception Of History Is Valid.

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If You Can Talk, You Can Write.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (117) - If You Can Talk, You Can Writ... - QuotesIf You Can Talk, You Can Write.

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I Have Nowhere Claimed Nor Even Implied That Unbelief Is A Guarantee Of Good Conduct Or Even An Indicator Of It.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (115) - I Have Nowhere Claimed Nor Ev... - QuotesI Have Nowhere Claimed Nor Even Implied That Unbelief Is A Guarantee Of Good Conduct Or Even An Indicator Of It.

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I'd Always Somehow Felt Slightly As If I'd Been Born In The Wrong Country.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (116) - I'd Always Somehow Felt Sligh... - QuotesI'd Always Somehow Felt Slightly As If I'd Been Born In The Wrong Country.

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The Worst Days Are When You Feel Foggy In The Head - Chemo-brain They Call It. It's Awful Because You Feel Boring. As Well As Bored. And Stupid. And Resigned.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (118) - The Worst Days Are When You F... - QuotesThe Worst Days Are When You Feel Foggy In The Head - Chemo-brain They Call It. It's Awful Because You Feel Boring. As Well As Bored. And Stupid. And Resigned.

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Not Many People Come Through Esophageal Cancer And Live To Talk About It, Or Not For Long.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (119) - Not Many People Come Through ... - QuotesNot Many People Come Through Esophageal Cancer And Live To Talk About It, Or Not For Long.

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I Don't Think Souls Or Bodies Can Be Changed By Incantation. Or Anything Else By The Way.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (120) - I Don't Think Souls Or Bodies... - QuotesI Don't Think Souls Or Bodies Can Be Changed By Incantation. Or Anything Else By The Way.

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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 (121) - My Dear Wife Has, I Would Say... - QuotesMy 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.

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If I'm In A Political Argument, I Think I Can, With Reasonable Accuracy And Without Boasting, Put The Other Person's Side Of The Case At Least As Well As They Could. One Has To Be Able To Say That In Any Well-conducted Argument.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (122) - If I'm In A Political Argumen... - QuotesIf I'm In A Political Argument, I Think I Can, With Reasonable Accuracy And Without Boasting, Put The Other Person's Side Of The Case At Least As Well As They Could. One Has To Be Able To Say That In Any Well-conducted Argument.

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My Children, To The Extent That They Have Found Religion, Have Found It From Me, In That I Insist On At Least A Modicum Of Religious Education For Them.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (124) - My Children, To The Extent Th... - QuotesMy Children, To The Extent That They Have Found Religion, Have Found It From Me, In That I Insist On At Least A Modicum Of Religious Education For Them.

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There's Been Some Research In Cognitive Science, I'm Told, That Discloses That There Have Always Been Perhaps 10 To 15 Percent Of People Who Are, As Pascal Puts It, So Made That They Cannot Believe. To Us, When People Talk About Faith, It's White Noise.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (123) - There's Been Some Research In... - QuotesThere's Been Some Research In Cognitive Science, I'm Told, That Discloses That There Have Always Been Perhaps 10 To 15 Percent Of People Who Are, As Pascal Puts It, So Made That They Cannot Believe. To Us, When People Talk About Faith, It's White Noise.

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I Used To Wish There Was A Useful Term For Those Of Us Who Thought American Power Should Be Used To Remove Psychopathic Dictators.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (125) - I Used To Wish There Was A Us... - QuotesI Used To Wish There Was A Useful Term For Those Of Us Who Thought American Power Should Be Used To Remove Psychopathic Dictators.

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I Like Surprises.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (126) - I Like Surprises.... - QuotesI Like Surprises.

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I'm Not A Sheep.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (127) - I'm Not A Sheep.... - QuotesI'm Not A Sheep.

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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 (128) - The Press Is Still Investing ... - QuotesThe 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.

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The People Who Tend To Raise Antiwar Slogans Will Do So Generally When It's American Or British Interests Involved.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (129) - The People Who Tend To Raise ... - QuotesThe People Who Tend To Raise Antiwar Slogans Will Do So Generally When It's American Or British Interests Involved.

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The Cause Of My Life Has Been To Oppose Superstition. It's A Battle You Can't Hope To Win - It's A Battle That's Going To Go On Forever. It's Part Of The Human Condition.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (130) - The Cause Of My Life Has Been... - QuotesThe Cause Of My Life Has Been To Oppose Superstition. It's A Battle You Can't Hope To Win - It's A Battle That's Going To Go On Forever. It's Part Of The Human Condition.

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One Of The Great Questions Of Philosophy Is, Do We Innately Have Morality, Or Do We Get It From Celestial Dictation? A Study Of The Ten Commandments Is A Very Good Way Of Getting Into And Resolving That Issue.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (13) - One Of The Great Questions Of ... - QuotesOne Of The Great Questions Of Philosophy Is, Do We Innately Have Morality, Or Do We Get It From Celestial Dictation? A Study Of The Ten Commandments Is A Very Good Way Of Getting Into And Resolving That Issue.

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I Think I Write In A Fairly Self-confident Manner.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (132) - I Think I Write In A Fairly S... - QuotesI Think I Write In A Fairly Self-confident Manner.

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In The Grip Of A Neurological Disorder, I Am Fast Losing Control Of Words Even As My Relationship With The World Has Been Reduced To Them.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (133) - In The Grip Of A Neurological... - QuotesIn The Grip Of A Neurological Disorder, I Am Fast Losing Control Of Words Even As My Relationship With The World Has Been Reduced To Them.

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I Don't Have Any Terrific Self-esteem Issues But I Do Sometimes Realise I've Been Too Lucky And That I'm Over-praised. It Makes Me Nervous. I Have This Sense Of Being Overrated.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (131) - I Don't Have Any Terrific Sel... - QuotesI Don't Have Any Terrific Self-esteem Issues But I Do Sometimes Realise I've Been Too Lucky And That I'm Over-praised. It Makes Me Nervous. I Have This Sense Of Being Overrated.

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Talking, It Seemed To Me, Was The Point Of Adult Existence.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (134) - Talking, It Seemed To Me, Was... - QuotesTalking, It Seemed To Me, Was The Point Of Adult Existence.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (134) - Talking, It Seemed To Me, Was... - Quotes

The Islamists Will Try To Spoil Everything For Everyone.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (135) - The Islamists Will Try To Spo... - QuotesThe Islamists Will Try To Spoil Everything For Everyone.

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You Can Be A Polish American, Or An Arab American, Or A Greek American But You Can't Be English American. Why Not?

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (136) - You Can Be A Polish American,... - QuotesYou Can Be A Polish American, Or An Arab American, Or A Greek American But You Can't Be English American. Why Not?

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I Have More Than Once In My Time Woken Up Feeling Like Death.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (139) - I Have More Than Once In My T... - QuotesI Have More Than Once In My Time Woken Up Feeling Like Death.

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I Don't Envy Or Much Respect People Who Are Completely Politicised.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (138) - I Don't Envy Or Much Respect ... - QuotesI Don't Envy Or Much Respect People Who Are Completely Politicised.

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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.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (137) - All The Time, I've Felt That ... - QuotesAll 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.

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When We Talk About Mortality, We Are Talking About Our Children.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (140) - When We Talk About Mortality,... - QuotesWhen We Talk About Mortality, We Are Talking About Our Children.

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The Citizens Of Tumortown Are Forever Assailed With Cures And Rumors Of Cures.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (141) - The Citizens Of Tumortown Are... - QuotesThe Citizens Of Tumortown Are Forever Assailed With Cures And Rumors Of Cures.

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A Faction Willing To Take The Risks Of Making War On The Ossified Status Quo In The Middle East Can Be Described As Many Things, But Not As Conservative.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (14) - A Faction Willing To Take The ... - QuotesA Faction Willing To Take The Risks Of Making War On The Ossified Status Quo In The Middle East Can Be Described As Many Things, But Not As Conservative.

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I Joined A Small But Growing Post-trotskyite Luxembourgist Sect.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (144) - I Joined A Small But Growing ... - QuotesI Joined A Small But Growing Post-trotskyite Luxembourgist Sect.

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Littera Scripta Manet - 'The Written Word Will Remain'. That's True, But It Won't Be That Much Comfort To Me.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (143) - Littera Scripta Manet - 'The ... - QuotesLittera Scripta Manet - 'The Written Word Will Remain'. That's True, But It Won't Be That Much Comfort To Me.

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A Speech Idiosyncrasy, In The Same Way As An Air Quote, Is Really Justifiable Only If It's Employed Very Sparingly And If The User Consciously Intends To Be Using It.

Christopher Hitchens Quotes (142) - A Speech Idiosyncrasy, In The... - QuotesA Speech Idiosyncrasy, In The Same Way As An Air Quote, Is Really Justifiable Only If It's Employed Very Sparingly And If The User Consciously Intends To Be Using It.

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