What did Christopher Hitchens mean by: In our time, the symbol of state intrusion into the private life is the mandatory urine test. - Christopher Hitchens Author · England Copy
+ You don’t say ‘they all do it’ unless you know you’ve been doing it too. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ The thing about religion is that it’s the first and the worst. The worst because it’s the first. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Worst, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Atheism, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Lazy, Stupid, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Faith, Mistake, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ I am absolutely convinced that religion is the main source of hatred in this world. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Atheism, Hatred, Religion, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ It’s often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven’t been made. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and – since there is no other metaphor – also the soul. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Literature, Mind, Soul, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
