To 'choose' dogma and faith over doubt and experience is to throw out the ripening vintage and to reach greedily for the Kool-Aid. Christopher Hitchens aidchoosedogma Change image and share on social
Pakistan has to export a lot of uneducated people, many of whom have become infected with the most barbaric reactionary ideas. Christopher Hitchens barbaricexportidea Change image and share on social
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. Christopher Hitchens absolutelyaccuratebeautiful share on social
To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?' Christopher Hitchens barelybothercosmos Change image and share on social
When I look back on what I did for the Left, I'm in a small way quite proud of some of it - I only wish I'd done more. Christopher Hitchens backleaveproud Change image and share on social
The suicide-bombing community is not absolutely 100 percent religious, but it is pretty nearly 100 percent religious. Christopher Hitchens absolutelybombcommunity Change image and share on social
One has children in the expectation of dying before them. In fact, you want to make damn sure you die before them, just as you plant a tree or build a house knowing, hoping that it will outlive you. That's how the human species has done as well as it has. Christopher Hitchens buildchilddamn share on social
There's been some research in cognitive science, I'm told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it's white noise. Christopher Hitchens cognitivedisclosefaith share on social
You notice how liberals keep saying, 'If only Islam would have a Reformation' - it can't have one. It says it can't. It's extremely dangerous in that way. Christopher Hitchens dangerousextremelyislam Change image and share on social
For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them. Christopher Hitchens drivehappylife Change image and share on social
