Christopher Hitchens Quotes

I wouldn't like to be a non-believer in anything.

Most atheists bristle at the thought that atheism has anything to do with faith, but not Penn Jillette.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.

I don't need faith.

How can you be an atheist and have an ideology to go with it? To be an atheist is to be free of some areas of belief. I don't see how that can become an ideology.

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.

My father was an agnostic.

I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm not really a fan of organized religion.

By night an atheist half believes in a God.

Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.

In science, a healthy skepticism is a professional necessity, whereas in religion, having belief without evidence is regarded as a virtue.

I don't think you need religion.

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something that is not knowledge. You can present it as faith, you can present it as belief, but you can't present it as fact.

Most intellectual people do not believe in God, but they fear him just the same.

I am surprised that anyone can profess to be an atheist.

I, for one, can't be sure at all there is a God.

I could never take the idea of religion very seriously.

I'm personally a nonbeliever, so I'm struggling with if we really need religion.

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.