An outlaw can be defined as somebody who lives outside the law, beyond the law and not necessarily against it. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I was never trying, necessarily, to be an outlaw. It was just the place in which I found myself. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to be an outlaw writer. I never heard of that term; somebody else made it up. But we were… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Twenty years on the outlaw circuit have not done much to mellow his view of the press and the world of devious… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“This wavering paradox is a pillar of the outlaw stance. A man who has blown all his options can't afford the luxury… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
In the terms of our Great Society the Hell's Angels and their ilk are losers - dropouts, failures and malcontents. They are… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“So there is more to their stance than a wistful yearning for acceptance in a world they never made. Their real motivation… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“There is an important difference between the words 'losers' and 'outlaw.' One is passive and the other is active, and the main… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“California, Labor Day weekend...early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“There was also the fact that sending a penniless writer to get $135 worth of beer was — as Khrushchev said of Nixon —… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
“Cases of champagne and scotch lay broken in the street, and everyone I saw had a bottle. They were screaming and dancing, and in… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with no hint… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
“No doubt they all Got What Was Coming To Them. All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
“For several months they'd been drifting toward political involvement, but the picture was hazy and one of the most confusing elements was their geographical… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
He wandered into the Newsroom and asked for a job the same way he’d walk into a barbershop and ask for a haircut, and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
There's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
