Christopher Hitchens Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that's where it should stay.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Book, Writing, Doe

• No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book or which idol or which city was the truly holy one. Thus, the only thing that should be upheld at all costs and without qualification is the right of free expression, because if that goes, then so do all other claims of right as well.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Book, Expression, Idols

• Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite a telephone book, and at worst a person to whom every grudge and slight is as yesterday's.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Memories, Book, Yesterday

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays”, p.109, Atlantic Books Ltd

• I want to urge you very strongly to travel as much as you can, and to evolve yourself as an internationalist. It's as important a part of your education as a radical as the reading of any book.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Travel, Book, Reading

  Christopher Hitchens (2009). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.105, Basic Books

• A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Book, Writing, Good Day

• The Koran shows every sign of being thrown together by human beings, as do all the other holy books.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Book, Together, Holy

• And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Nice, Book, Writing

  "Christopher Hitchens on his memoir, Hitch-22". "Hugh Hewitt Show", www.hughhewitt.com. July 13, 2010.

• The diet book is one of those fool-and-money separation devices that seems, like roulette or slot machines, never to lose its power.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Food, Book, Machines

• My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Religious, Book, Ideas

• American author Mark Twain, while viewed as liberal and non-judgmental, did at times demonstrate both these characteristics. While his reasons for detesting the Christian faith are unclear, they seem to have been profound and deep-rooted. Having lambasted the founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, in a later quote he referred to the Book of Mormon as "chloroform in print."

  Christopher Hitchens

  Christian, Book, Profound

• The museums of medieval Europe, from Holland to Tuscany, are crammed with instruments and devices upon which the holy men labored devoutly, in order to see how long they could keep someone alive while being roasted. It is not needful to go into further details, but there were also religious books of instruction in this art, and guides for the detection of heresy by pain.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Religious, Art, Pain

  Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Long Live Hitch: Three Classic Books in One Volume”, p.208, Atlantic Books Ltd

• All the excitements of a prohibited book had their usual effect, one of which, as always, is to expose the fact that the censors don't know what they are talking about.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Book, Talking, Usual

  Christopher Hitchens (2014). “Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere”, p.130, Atlantic Books Ltd

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