#ten

It's considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don't see why that's considered a normal thing. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#approach #considered #culture #i #may

It's not at all good when your cancer is 'palpable' from the outside. Especially when, as at this stage, they didn't even know where the primary source was. Carcinoma works cunningly from the inside out. Detection and treatment often work more slowly and gropingly, from the outside in. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#detection #especially #even #good #inside

Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#me #much #remain #true #will

One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#commandments #dictation #get #getting #good

Talking, it seemed to me, was the point of adult existence. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#existence #me #point #seemed #talking

The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#antiwar #british #generally #interests #involved

Yes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I'm talking to people. It doesn't always work, and one shouldn't always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#am #conversation #engage #i #i am

It is not the purpose of the ad or commercial to make the reader or listener say, 'My what a clever ad.' It is the purpose of advertising to make the reader say, 'I believe I'll buy one when I'm shopping tomorrow'. ↗

— Morris Hite

#advertising #believe #buy #clever #commercial

If an ad campaign is built around a weak idea - or as is so often the case, no idea at all - I don't give a damn how good the execution is, it's going to fail. ↗

— Morris Hite

#ad campaign #around #built #campaign #case

Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

#any #intention #purpose #senseless #useless