Christopher Hitchens

I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#journalism #mainstream-media #newspapers #journalist

There can be no progress without head-on confrontation. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#confrontation #progress #love

Your favorite virtue? An appreciation for irony. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#virtues #irony

Jesus is Santa Claus for Adults ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#inspirational

The Postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#literature #postmodernism #humor

The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#racism #racism

When Maimonides says that the Messiah will come but that 'he may tarry,' we see the origin of every Jewish shrug from Spinoza to Woody Allen. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#irony #judaism #maimonides #messiah #woody-allen

Indeed, it's futile to try and use Holy Scripture to support any political position. I deeply distrust anyone who does. Just look at what an Islamic Republic is like. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#islamic-holy-books #islamic-republic #politics #religion #religious-text

The finest fury is the most controlled. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#bob-dylan #control #fury #lonesome-death-of-hattie-carroll #music

it is interesting to find that people of faith now seek defensively to say that they are no worse than fascists or Nazis or Stalinists ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#faith