"I think that people's sexual preferences are a legitimate subject for humour, dirty humour if at all possible.
Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.
~ Christopher Hitchens ~
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Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.
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"It's not always a question of you changing your mind. I think very often your mind changes you. You suddenly realise that without having intended to t...
"Let's say that the consensus is that our species, being the higher primates, Homo Sapiens, has been on the planet for at least 100,000 years, maybe mo...
"For a lot of people, their first love is what they'll always remember. For me it's always been the first hate, and I think that hatred, though it prov...
"Ever since I discovered that my god given male member was going to give me no peace, I decided to give it no rest in return.
"Bad habits have brought me this far: why change such a tried-and-true formula?
"It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse.
"I had never before been a special fan of that great comedian Phyllis Diller, but she utterly won my heart this week by sending me an envelope that, wh...
"[He]said something that made it impossible to continue working for him.[The exact words were]You're fired.
"His importance to the century just past, and therefore his status as a figure in history as well as in literature, derives from the extraordinary sali...
"His style as a writer places him in the category of the immortals, and his courage as a critic outlives the bitter battles in which he engaged. As a r...
"Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’ and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Don’t be afraid to be ...
"Nothing proves evolution more than the survival of the religious belief. It shows we are still fearful, partially formed animals with a terror of deat...
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"There is some relationship between the hunger for truth and the search for the right words. This struggle may be ultimately indefinable and even undec...