#pro

If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh... or they'd lock each other up. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#everyone #just #knew #laugh #lock

One of the ideas behind doing this acoustic record is that I didn't want to have to produce it by committee. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#behind #committee #doing #i #ideas

People's intelligence tends to be in inverse proportion to their number. People don't tend to get smarter as they get into bigger groups. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#get #groups #intelligence #into #inverse

Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign. ↗

— Robyn Hitchcock

#label #like #major #major label #military

One of the many problems with the American left has been its image as something rather too solemn, mirthless, herbivorous, dull, monochrome, righteous, and boring. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#been #boring #dull #image #left

All the time, I've felt that life is a wager and that I probably was getting more out of leading a bohemian existence as a writer than I would have if I didn't. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#existence #felt #getting #i #leading

Even if I accepted that Jesus - like almost every other prophet on record - was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#almost #be true #been #born #cannot

I mean, what would I be doing if I couldn't write? But that fortunately hasn't proved to be the case and I can read any day. I still read a lot, and I can write any day, but much more slowly and fewer words. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#case #day #doing #fewer #fortunately

I'm here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn't make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#evolution #exceptions #here #i #life

I'm not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they'll have, immediately the floor will rise. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#children #cycle #feminist #floor #get