My greatest pet peeve is STUPIDITY – especially in its worst forms of bigotry and superstition. On every side, faith causes people to be more mean, more selfish, and perhaps above all more stupid. …the pathetic need to offer mindless adulation or the dismal belief that the laws of nature respond to wailings and incantations. […]

We owe a huge debt to Galileo for emancipating us all from the stupid belief in an Earth-centered or man-centered (let alone God-centered) system.  He literally taught us our place and allowed us to go on to make extraordinary advances in knowledge. Christopher Hitchens

Take the risk of thinking for yourself. Much more happiness, truth, beauty and wisdom will come to you that way. Christopher Hitchens

I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to deny the same to others — at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. Christopher Hitchens