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Ideas Quotes by Christopher Hitchens
- One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human pre-history where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all…
- There's no Hell mentioned in the Old Testament. The punishment of the dead is not specified there. It's only with gentle Jesus, meek and mild,…
- Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas.
- I'm not that keen on the idea of being unconscious.
- 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…
- Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary…
- I suppose that one reason I have always detested religion is its sly tendency to insinuate the idea that the universe is designed with 'you'…
- What is your idea of earthly happiness? To be vindicated in my own lifetime.
- Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time…
- 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
- Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody - not even the mighty Democritus who concluded that all matter was made from atoms…
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