Christopher Hitchens Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it.”

“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 have this sense of being overrated.”

“The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.”

“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 accurate. It can be a difficult choice.”

“I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.”

“Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and - since there is no other metaphor - also the soul.”

“I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.”

“The amazing fact is that America is founded on a document. It's a work in progress. It can be tested by each generation.”

“I boldly assert, in fact I think I know, that a lot of friendships and connections absolutely depend upon a sort of shared language, or slang. Not necessarily designed to exclude others, this can establish a certain comity and, even after a long absence, re-establish it in a second.”

“For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them.”