What do you most value in your friends?Their continued exist... - Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir

"Hardest of all, as one becomes older, is to accept that sapient remarks can be drawn from the most unwelcome or seemingly improbable sources, and that the apparently more trustworthy sources can lead one astray."

"Your least favorite virtue, or nominee for the most overrated one? Faith. Closely followed—in view of the overall shortage of time—by patience."

"Cheap booze is a false economy."

"What is it you most dislike? Stupidity, especially in its nastiest forms of racism and superstition."

"Your least favorite virtue, or nominee for the most overrated one? Faith. Closely followed—in view of the overall shortage of time—by patience."