"High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments." ― Christopher Hitchens Topic(s): Great More From Christopher Hitchens "For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them." "When I meet people who say – which they do all of the time – ‘I must just tell you, my great aunt had cancer of the elbow and the doctors gave her 10 seconds to live, but last I heard she was climbing Mount Everest,’ and so forth, I switch off quite early." "Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be." More In Great "In this world you’ve just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends."― Lucy Maud Montgomery "The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck."― Channing Pollock "It’s funny that all these goths paint their faces with such white make-up and that is the actual colour of my skin, I am that pale!"― Kelly Osbourne