#tho

I don't think it's possible to have a sense of tragedy without having a sense of humor. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#humor #i #possible #sense #sense of humor

'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#age #anything #back #being #bombed

I didn't think Marilyn Monroe was beautiful. It used to worry me. I thought maybe I'm not put together like the other chaps. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#chaps #i #like #marilyn #marilyn monroe

I'm afraid the SS's relationship with the Catholic Church is something the Church still has to deal with and does not deny. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#catholic #catholic church #church #deal #deny

I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#dictators #i #power #remove #should

My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#dead #elected #favorite #haven #i

People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#age #always #certain #certain age #certainly

It takes good clients to make a good advertising agency. Regardless of how much talent an ad agency may have, it is ineffective without good products and services to advertise. ↗

— Morris Hite

#advertise #advertising #advertising agency #agency #clients

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don't do any good, but they don't necessarily do any harm. It's touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I've got my just desserts. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#desserts #fine #good #got #harm

Well, I'm in my 60s now. I finally look it, I think. People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#age #always #certain #certain age #certainly