Christopher Hitchens - Francesca Stavrakopoulou - Josephine Hart - Charlie Pierce - Harold Pinter - Michael Moore - Rupert Murdoch -
The belief in a supreme being or creator is actually a pernicious belief. It does a great moral and intellectual damage to our poorly evolved primate species. Christopher Hitchens v Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, New York debate 30th January 2008
We have no way to quantify the damage done by telling tens of millions of children that masturbation will make them blind, or that impure thoughts will lead to an eternity of torment, or that members of other faiths including members of their own families will burn, or that venereal disease will result from kisses. Christopher Hitchens, God is Not Great pp55-56
Perceptions of damage. Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive. Josephine Hart, Damage 1991
Ronald Reagan was a dim hack who did horrible damage to almost everything he touched. Charlie Pierce
All that happens is that the destruction of human beings – unless they’re Americans – is called collateral damage. Harold Pinter
I’m going to do damage with it. I’ll make sure that my work gets out. That no publisher will ever be able to tell me to take things out. Because I’ll put it out myself. The more money I earn, the less they can stop me. Where I come from it’s called fuck you money because I don’t have to take an ounce of shit from anybody. Michael Moore
There is going to be collateral damage. And if you really want to be brutal about it, better we get it done now. Rupert Murdoch, re Iraq