Christopher Hitchens

Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#faith #friend #mistake #putting #same

Well, we can't say any more than we can say there is no god, there is no afterlife. We can only say there is no persuasive evidence for or argument for it. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#any #argument #evidence #god #more

When I go to the clinic next and sit with a tube in my arm and watch the poison go in, I'm in an attitude of abject passivity. It doesn't feel like fighting at all; it just feels like submitting. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#arm #attitude #clinic #feel #feels

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

#did #done #i #left #look

You can be a Polish American, or an Arab American, or a Greek American but you can't be English American. Why not? ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#arab #english #greek #polish #why

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

— Christopher Hitchens

#america #document #each #fact #founded

What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#dismissed #evidence #without

Chemotherapy isn't good for you. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#good #you

The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#city #fly #getting #home #id

Obscenity comes from grime. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#obscenity