What did Christopher Hitchens mean by: It’s often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven’t been made. - Christopher Hitchens Author · England Copy
+ Where would you like to live? In a state of conflict or a conflicted state? Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Conflict, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ No moral person would do such a thing unless they thought it was divinely warranted. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Moral, Persons, Religion, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ One can’t indefinitely do for somebody what he is reluctant to do for himself. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Attitude, Resistance, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Liars, Memories, Remarkable, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Existence, Friendship, Inspiration, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Charm, Superstitions, 0 - Christopher Hitchens Author · England
+ If I convert it’s because it’s better that a believer dies than that an atheist does. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Christopher Hitchens, Atheism, 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