The rich world likes and wishes to believe that someone, somewhere, is doing something for the Third World. For this reason, it does not inquire too closely into the motives or practices of anyone who fulfills, however vicariously, this mandate.
Christopher HitchensWe owe a huge debt to Galileo for emancipating us all from the stupid belief in an Earth-centered or man-centered (let alone God-centered) system. He quite literally taught us our place and allowed us to go on to make extraordinary advances in knowledge.
Christopher HitchensThe stupider the regime the more intelligent the people get and the more humorous.
Christopher HitchensHereโs someone who says thereโs no such thing, itโs all intelligent design. How sure am I of my own views? Donโt take refuge in the false security of consensus, and the feeling that whatever you think youโre bound to be okay, because youโre in the safely moral majority.
Christopher Hitchens