All Christopher Hitchens Quotes
- As the cleansing ocean closes over bin Laden's carcass, may the earth lie lightly on the countless graves of those he sentenced without compunction to… Alive
- Take the risk of thinking for yourself, much more happiness, truth, beauty, and wisdom will come to you that way. (Closing statement of the debate… Baptist
- There are days when I miss my old convictions as if they were an amputated limb. But in general I feel better, and no less… Allow
- Nonintervention does not mean that nothing happens. It means that something else happens. Anti War
- Those of us who are most genuinely repelled by war and violence are also those who are most likely to decide that some things, after… All
- A melancholy lesson of advancing years is the realisation that you can't make old friends. Advancing
- God did not create man in his own image. Evidently, it was quite the other way about, which is the painless explanation for the profusion… All
- Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite… Best
- I have not been able to discover whether there exists a precise French equivalent for the common Anglo-American expression 'killing time.' It's a very crass… Able
- There can be no progress without head-on confrontation. Argument
- The search for Nirvana, like the search for Utopia or the end of history or the classless society, is ultimately a futile and dangerous one.… Anxiety
- In our time, the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test. Into
- At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as… Attempt
- How ya doin'?' I always think, What kind of a question is that?, and I always reply, 'A bit early to tell. Always Reply
- The finest fury is the most controlled. Controlled
- To be against rationalization is not the same as to be opposed to reasoning. Funny
- In a Pyongyang restaurant, don't ever ask for a doggie bag. Ask
- I have always found it quaint and rather touching that there is a movement [Libertarians] in the US that thinks Americans are not yet selfish… Always Found
- It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them aren't… Angeles
- 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
- Jesus is Santa Claus for Adults Adults
- Your ideal authors ought to pull you from the foundering of your previous existence, not smilingly guide you into a friendly and peaceable harbor. Authors
- I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am privy to the… Arrogant
- The offer of certainty, the offer of complete security, the offer of an impermeable faith that can’t give way, is an offer of something not… All
- A rule of thumb with humor; if you worry that you might be going too far, you have already not gone far enough. If everybody… Everybody