People Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

Good people drink good beer.

— Hunter S. Thompson

It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Never mind the track. The track is for punks. We are Road People. We are Cafe Racers.

— Hunter S. Thompson

The first impression is always the right one. I rarely change my mind upward about people.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Given my calling I had to stumble across people who felt the same way. I was a young reporter.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop.

— Hunter S. Thompson

If you get people asking the wrong questions, you don't have to worry about the answers.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they…

— Hunter S. Thompson

All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way.

— Hunter S. Thompson

It might be a little rough on some people for a while, but I think it's the only way to deal with…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the…

— Hunter S. Thompson

sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on,…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory…

— Hunter S. Thompson

We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones…

— Hunter S. Thompson

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

We are living in dangerously weird times now. Smart people just shrug and admit they're dazed and confused. The only ones left…

— Hunter S. Thompson

People think I watch TV too much, but they are wrong. There is a huge difference between merely "watching" TV and learning…

— Hunter S. Thompson

He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The whole framework of the presidency is getting out of hand. It's come to the point where you almost can't run unless…

— Hunter S. Thompson

It is all well and good for children and acid freaks to still believe in Santa Claus — but it is still…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for people like…

— Hunter S. Thompson

There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Happy," I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like Love, that I have never…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“All around us were people I had spent ten years avoiding--shapeless women in wool bathing suits, dull-eyed men with hairless legs and…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Richard Nixon has never been one of my favorite people anyway. For years I've regarded his existence as a monument to all…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Get out of control, but appear under control. It?s not bad to alarm other people, though ? it?s good for them.

— Hunter S. Thompson

I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Some people will tell you that slow is good - but I'm here to tell you that fast is better.

— Hunter S. Thompson

You'd be surprised at the things people will do in order to get their names or pictures in the paper.

— Hunter S. Thompson

The McGovern/McCarthy type candidacies have disappointed too many people, because of a disillusionment with the candidates themselves.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Liberalism itself has failed, and for a pretty good reason. It has been too often compromised by the people who represented it.

— Hunter S. Thompson

We came down here to see this teddible scene: people all pissed out of their minds and vomiting on themselves and all…

— Hunter S. Thompson

I'm not a liberal, by the way.I believe I have every right to have guns. I just bought another huge weapon. A…

— Hunter S. Thompson

There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just look around…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every…

— Hunter S. Thompson