#because

A lot of people, because of my contempt for the false consolations of religion, think of me as a symbolic public opponent of that in extremis. And sometimes that makes me feel a bit alarmed, to be the repository of other people's hope. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#because #bit #consolations #contempt #false

I became a journalist because one didn't have to specialise. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#because #i #journalist

I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. And the other wager is, the part of the wager, it's a certainty you'll have a terrible time and you may wish you were dying because it's an awful process. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#awful #because #cancer #case #certainty

The worst days are when you feel foggy in the head - chemo-brain they call it. It's awful because you feel boring. As well as bored. And stupid. And resigned. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#because #bored #boring #call #days

There's no point in lying saying I am doing really, really well because I'm not; I'm cult level. ↗

— Gary Numan

#because #cult #doing #i #i am

It's no good saying I wished I could go out more, because I can't. But I don't bother about it too much. ↗

— David Hockney

#because #bother #could #go #good

People tell me they open my e-mails first, because they aren't demands and you don't need to reply. They're simply for pleasure. ↗

— David Hockney

#demands #e-mails #first #me #need

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought. ↗

— David Hockney

#art #artist #because #bring #closer

Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way, because of course that was exciting. ↗

— David Hockney

#because #course #did #exciting #expressionist

No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well. ↗

— Glenn Hoddle

#always #am #because #behind #biggest