Christopher Hitchens Quotes About Opinions

Quotes about: Opinions

• The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Lying, Independent, Thinking

  Christopher Hitchens (2009). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, p.3, Basic Books

• My own opinion is enough for me. And I claim the right to defend it against any consensus, any majority anywhere, any place, any time. And anyone who disagrees with this can pick a number, get in line and kiss my ass.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Kissing, Numbers, Lines

  "Charlie Hebdo, Hate Speech and Christopher Hitchens" by Ronald Bailey, reason.com. January 14, 2015.

• At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Writing, Self, Risk

• If asked my opinion about virginity, I would say, "I'm opposed to it." I don't think it deserves to be celebrated, at any rate. Or at least, if I'm not opposed, I'm very highly skeptical and critical of it.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Thinking, Opinion, Rate

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I was brought up in a very naval, military, and conservative background. My father and his friends had very typical opinions of the British middle class - lower-middle class actually - after the war. My father broke into the middle class by joining the navy. I was the first member of my family ever to go to private school or even to university. So, the armed forces had been upward mobility for him.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Military, War, Father

  Interview with Sasha Abramsky, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. December 16, 1997.

• I do not believe any of the statistical claims that are made about public opinion. I don't see why anybody does.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Believe, Public Opinion, Doe

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