All Christopher Hitchens Quotes
- What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. Asserted
- 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… Any
- To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid. Aid
- Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely… Absolutely
- I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor. Humor
- I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do. Atheist
- Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one. Cheer
- 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. Antithesis
- 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,… Attempt
- Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like. Been
- Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul. Literature
- Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint. Demanding
- The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books. All
- For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them. Driving
- High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments. Accomplishment
- Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake. Anyone
- I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there's no such thing… All
- The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation. Amazing
- I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death. Death
- I'm here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn't make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply. Cheaply