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Christopher Hitchens quotes: The Auden/Kallman relationship had this to be said for it: It affirmed that it's better to be blatant than latent. The Auden/Kallman relationship had this to be said for it: It affirmed that it's better to be blatant than latent.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: With alcoholic ritual, the whole point is generosity. If you open a bottle of wine, for heaven's sake have the grace to throw away the damn cork. With alcoholic ritual, the whole point is generosity. If you open a bottle of wine, for heaven's sake have the grace to throw away the damn cork.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: As Bertie Wooster once phrased it, they experienced some difficulty in detecting the bluebird. As Bertie Wooster once phrased it, they experienced some difficulty in detecting the bluebird.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: (An astrologer of a London tabloid was once fired by means of a letter from his editor which began, "As you will no doubt have foreseen.") (An astrologer of a London tabloid was once fired by means of a letter from his editor which began, "As you will no doubt have foreseen.")
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Of course what I'm about to share isn't true for me but ... Friends, somebody said, are "god's apology for relations." (p. 129) Of course what I'm about to share isn't true for me but ...
Friends, somebody said, are "god's apology for relations." (p. 129)
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right. The man who prays is the one who thinks that god has arranged matters all wrong, but who also thinks that he can instruct god how to put them right.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not put together like the other chaps. I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not put together like the other chaps.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The whole point about corruption in politics is that it can't be done, or done properly, without a bipartisan consensus. The whole point about corruption in politics is that it can't be done, or done properly, without a bipartisan consensus.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The life of an oppositionist is supposed to be difficult.) I The life of an oppositionist is supposed to be difficult.) I
Christopher Hitchens quotes: All of life is a wager All of life is a wager
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Only the force of American arms, or the extremely credible threat of that force, can bring a fresh face to power. Only the force of American arms, or the extremely credible threat of that force, can bring a fresh face to power.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Everything everyone thinks they know about [Mother Teresa] is false. It must be the single most successful emotional con job of the twentieth century. Everything everyone thinks they know about [Mother Teresa] is false. It must be the single most successful emotional con job of the twentieth century.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind. The struggle for a free intelligence has always been a struggle between the ironic and the literal mind.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Hesitate once, hesitate twice, hesitate a hundred times before employing political standards as a device for the analysis and appreciation of poetry. Hesitate once, hesitate twice, hesitate a hundred times before employing political standards as a device for the analysis and appreciation of poetry.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: These are the rewards of maturity, to be enjoyed only as we decline. We These are the rewards of maturity, to be enjoyed only as we decline. We
Christopher Hitchens quotes: We become accomplices in evil every time we seek to soothe the unslakable appetites of the crime family that sits in Pyongyang. We become accomplices in evil every time we seek to soothe the unslakable appetites of the crime family that sits in Pyongyang.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement. The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: There is no conceit equal to false modesty, and there is nopolitics like antipolitics There is no conceit equal to false modesty, and there is no
politics like antipolitics
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Chemotherapy isn't good for you. Chemotherapy isn't good for you.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: In modern Greek history, there is a close relationship between national humiliation and political radicalization. In modern Greek history, there is a close relationship between national humiliation and political radicalization.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: justified in the name of "security" like almost every cowardly idiocy before and since, justified in the name of "security" like almost every cowardly idiocy before and since,
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded. Henry Kissinger should have the door shut in his face by every decent person and should be shamed, ostracized and excluded.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved. The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: It [Obama's Nobel peace prize] would be like giving someone an Oscar in the hope that it would encourage them to make a decent motion picture. It [Obama's Nobel peace prize] would be like giving someone an Oscar in the hope that it would encourage them to make a decent motion picture.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Divine permission, given to people who think they have god on their side, enables actions that a morally normal unbeliever would not contemplate. Divine permission, given to people who think they have god on their side, enables actions that a morally normal unbeliever would not contemplate.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Those who want to be offended don't have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them. Those who want to be offended don't have the right to try and close down the newspaper that offends them.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains. People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Hegel said that history was the story of freedom becoming conscious of itself. Hegel said that history was the story of freedom becoming conscious of itself.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world? To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation - is that good for the world?
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake. Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Morality comes from humanism and is stolen by religion for its own purposes. Morality comes from humanism and is stolen by religion for its own purposes.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Wit, after all, is the unfailing symptom of intelligence. Wit, after all, is the unfailing symptom of intelligence.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Allow a friend to believe in a bogus prospectus or a false promise and you cease, after a short while, to be a friend at all. Allow a friend to believe in a bogus prospectus or a false promise and you cease, after a short while, to be a friend at all.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Those who say that I am being punished are saying that god can't think of anything more vengeful than cancer for a heavy smoker. Those who say that I am being punished are saying that god can't think of anything more vengeful than cancer for a heavy smoker.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I learned that to be amusing was not to be frivolous and that language - always the language - was the magic key as much to prose as to poetry. I learned that to be amusing was not to be frivolous and that language - always the language - was the magic key as much to prose as to poetry.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: 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. 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: Take the risk of thinking for yourself , much more happiness , truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way .. Take the risk of thinking for yourself , much more happiness , truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way ..
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I was taught very early on that the state can be, and is, a liar and a murderer. I was taught very early on that the state can be, and is, a liar and a murderer.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: In effect, nobody who is not from the losing classes has ever been thrust into a death cell in these United States. In effect, nobody who is not from the losing classes has ever been thrust into a death cell in these United States.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: (One of the great emancipating results of genomics is to show that all "racial" and color differences are recent, superficial, and misleading.) (One of the great emancipating results of genomics is to show that all "racial" and color differences are recent, superficial, and misleading.)
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing. I don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me, I have decided to take whatever my disease can throw at me,
Christopher Hitchens quotes: One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office. One of the most repellent spectacles at election times is the pretense of piety on the part of people running for office.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly. For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Virtuous behavior by a believer is no proof at all of - indeed is not even an argument for - the truth of his belief. Virtuous behavior by a believer is no proof at all of - indeed is not even an argument for - the truth of his belief.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The measure of an education is that you acquire some idea of the extent of your ignorance. The measure of an education is that you acquire some idea of the extent of your ignorance.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: New forms of the artistic register are one of the infallible signs of an authentic moment. New forms of the artistic register are one of the infallible signs of an authentic moment.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The literal mind can never understand the ironic mind. The literal mind can never understand the ironic mind.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The gods that we've made are exactly the gods you'd expect to be made by a species that's about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee. The gods that we've made are exactly the gods you'd expect to be made by a species that's about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: From a plurality of prime movers, the monotheists have bargained it down to a single one. They are getting ever nearer to the true, round figure. From a plurality of prime movers, the monotheists have bargained it down to a single one. They are getting ever nearer to the true, round figure.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The violence in the Bible is appalling. The violence in the Bible is appalling.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I joined a small but growing post-Trotskyite Luxembourgist sect. I joined a small but growing post-Trotskyite Luxembourgist sect.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I personally want to "do" death in the active and not the passive, and to be there to look it in the eye and be doing something when it comes I personally want to "do" death in the active and not the passive, and to be there to look it in the eye and be doing something when it comes for me.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators. 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: Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons. Islamophobia: a word created by fascists, and used by cowards, to manipulate morons.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light. I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Internationalism is the highest form of patriotism. Internationalism is the highest form of patriotism.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay. Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that an atheist does. If I convert it's because it's better that a believer dies than that an atheist does.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: A bit of a stomach give a chap a position in society. A bit of a stomach give a chap a position in society.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The brief answer is that I have become inured without becoming indifferent. The brief answer is that I have become inured without becoming indifferent.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: What if, I never tire of asking, we said 'Secret Council' instead of the archaic and therefore cuddly 'Privy Council'? What if, I never tire of asking, we said 'Secret Council' instead of the archaic and therefore cuddly 'Privy Council'?
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I began the project of judging Mother Teresa's reputation by her actions and words rather than her actions and words by her reputation. I began the project of judging Mother Teresa's reputation by her actions and words rather than her actions and words by her reputation.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Human society is inconceivable unless words are to some extent bonds. Human society is inconceivable unless words are to some extent bonds.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious. Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: No moral person would do such a thing unless they thought it was divinely warranted. No moral person would do such a thing unless they thought it was divinely warranted.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up. The concept of loneliness and exile and self-sufficiency continually bucks me up.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I've proved to be as difficult to convert as I am to hypnotize. I've proved to be as difficult to convert as I am to hypnotize.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad. There is no reason at all why there aren't enough people to guard New Orleans and to help stabilise Baghdad.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The point is not the honest relief of suffering but the promulgation of a cult based on death and suffering and subjection. Mother The point is not the honest relief of suffering but the promulgation of a cult based on death and suffering and subjection. Mother
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both. The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: It must be obvious to anyone who can think at all that the charges against the Hussein regime are, as concerns arsenals of genocidal weaponry, true. It must be obvious to anyone who can think at all that the charges against the Hussein regime are, as concerns arsenals of genocidal weaponry, true.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged. I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Don't swallow your moral code in tablet form. Don't swallow your moral code in tablet form.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: And showed him to be a villa-dwelling dependent and not an ascetic cave-dwelling guerrilla. And showed him to be a villa-dwelling dependent and not an ascetic cave-dwelling guerrilla.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information. I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The two things he most valued, which is to say liberty and equality, were not natural allies. The two things he most valued, which is to say liberty and equality, were not natural allies.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you The barbarians never take a city until someone holds the gates open to them. And it's your own multicultural authorities who will do it for you
Christopher Hitchens quotes: History is a tragegy, not a morality tale. History is a tragegy, not a morality tale.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Redemption is promised at the low price of surrender of your critical faculties. Redemption is promised at the low price of surrender of your critical faculties.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: If you can talk, you can write. If you can talk, you can write.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Nose-hairs gone: runny nostrils. Constipation and diarrhea alternating Nose-hairs gone: runny nostrils. Constipation and diarrhea alternating
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I have a strong constitution which has served me quite well, though if I hadn't had such a strong one I might have led a more healthy life perhaps. I have a strong constitution which has served me quite well, though if I hadn't had such a strong one I might have led a more healthy life perhaps.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Kierkegaard so shrewdly observes, one is condemned to live it forward and review it backward. Kierkegaard so shrewdly observes, one is condemned to live it forward and review it backward.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex, and picnics. The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex, and picnics.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: It's true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder. It's true that obscenity is a matter of taste and in the eye of the beholder.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Among the privileges of being a superpower, the right and the ability to make a local quarrel into a global one ranks very high. Among the privileges of being a superpower, the right and the ability to make a local quarrel into a global one ranks very high.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Of course, I do everything for money. Of course, I do everything for money.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: I shall simply say that those who offer false consolation are false friends. I shall simply say that those who offer false consolation are false friends.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Arguments that explain everything ... explain nothing Arguments that explain everything ... explain nothing
Christopher Hitchens quotes: How ya doin'?' I always think, What kind of a question is that?, and I always reply, 'A bit early to tell. How ya doin'?' I always think, What kind of a question is that?, and I always reply, 'A bit early to tell.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The awareness that the distinction between "over here" and "over there," or between "home" and "abroad" is often a false one has never left me. The awareness that the distinction between "over here" and "over there," or between "home" and "abroad" is often a false one has never left me.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: all children are born into a losing struggle with death all children are born into a losing struggle with death
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Dogma in power does have a unique chilling ingredient not exhibited by power, however ghastly, wielded for its own traditional sake. Dogma in power does have a unique chilling ingredient not exhibited by power, however ghastly, wielded for its own traditional sake.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home. The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: By the way, if you knew how you sounded when you hissed, you wouldn't do it: you sound like such berks when you do that. By the way, if you knew how you sounded when you hissed, you wouldn't do it: you sound like such berks when you do that.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: Doubt, skepticism, innovation, and inquiry are the only means by which wonder, beauty, awe, and symmetry will be discovered. Doubt, skepticism, innovation, and inquiry are the only means by which wonder, beauty, awe, and symmetry will be discovered.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: [T]his is an enemy for life, as well as an enemy of life. [T]his is an enemy for life, as well as an enemy of life.
Christopher Hitchens quotes: The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books. The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.

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