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Often Quotes by Christopher Hitchens
- In our native terms, the ironic style is often compounded with the sardonic and the hard-boiled; even the effortlessly superior. But irony originates in the…
- I burned the candle at both ends and it often gave a lovely light.
- When you fall ill, people send you CDs. Very often, in my experience, these are by Leonard Cohen
- I have often thought that when I do die it will be of sheer boredom...
- Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But there are a number of…
- Teasing is very often a sign of inner misery.
- The moment of near despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.
- I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.
- In one way, I suppose, I have been 'in denial' for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often…
- It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why…
- It's not at all good when your cancer is 'palpable' from the outside. Especially when, as at this stage, they didn't even know where the…
- Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work,…
- [P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification.
- Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather…
- The fragility of love is what is most at stake here—humanity's most crucial three-word avowal is often uttered only to find itself suddenly embarrassing or…
- In one was, I suppose, I have been "in denial" for some time, knowingly burning the candle at both ends and finding that it often…
- Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are…
- It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made.
- Though it is true we are the highest and smartest animals, ospreys have eyes we have calculated to be sixty times more powerful and sophisticated…
- Lovers often invest their first meetings with retrospective significance, as if to try to conjure the elements of the numinous out of the stubborn witness…
More Often Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I… — J. J. Abrams
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange