Since I speak and write about this a good deal, I am often asked at public meetings, in what sometimes seems to me a rather prurient way, whether I myself or my family have 'ever been threatened' by jihadists. My answer is that yes, I have, and so has everyone else in the audience, if they have paid enough attention to the relevant bin-Ladenist broadcasts to notice the fact.
Christopher HitchensI have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.
Christopher HitchensDistrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and others. Don't be afraid to be thought arrogant or selfish.
Christopher HitchensForget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.
Christopher HitchensThe essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.
Christopher Hitchens