All Christopher Hitchens Quotes
- I'm very happy by myself--I'm lucky in that way--if I've got enough to read and something to write about and a bit of alcohol for… Add
- Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a… Adrenal
- The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be… Able
- The only real radicalism in our time will come as it always has—from people who insist on thinking for themselves and who reject party-mindedness. From
- Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness for making teasing… Amended
- In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or… Abuse
- If you want to stay in for the long haul, and lead a life that is free from illusions either propagated by you or embraced… Any
- People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains. Absurd
- It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made. Bad
- A sure sign of ineptitude and malice is manifested when one's attacker is willing to cover himself with mud in order to try and make… Adhere
- All of life is a wager All
- Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other… All
- Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology. Alchemy
- And the pleasures and rewards of the intellect are inseparable from angst, uncertainty, conflict and even despair. Angst
- 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
- It especially annoys me when racists are accused of 'discrimination.' The ability to discriminate is a precious faculty; by judging all members on one 'race'… Ability
- An individual deficient in the sense of humor represents more of a challenge to our idea of the human than a person of subnormal intelligence Challenge
- The most educated person in the world now has to admit-- I shall not say confess-- that he or she knows less and less but… Admit
- There are, after all, atheists who say they wish the fable were true but are unable to suspend the requisite disbelief, or who have relinquished… All
- I leave it to the faithful to burn each other's churches and mosques and synagogues, which they can be always relied upon to do Always Relied
- I can’t hope to convey the full effect of the embraces and avowals, but I can perhaps offer a crumb of counsel. If there is… Account
- Evolution is, as well as smarter than we are, infinitely more callous and cruel, and also capricious. Callous
- A point, like a joke, is a terrible thing to miss. Inspirational
- To remember friendship is to recall those conversations that it seemed a sin to break off Break
- 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… All