Car Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

12 Car quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

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Thompson’s Gonzo lens turns a simple drive into a wild, introspective ride. These twelve gritty remarks reveal his fierce, unapologetic view of speed, freedom, and the open highway.

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On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if…

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right' i said. 'but first, we need the car. and after that, the cocaine. and then the tape recorder, for special music,…

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Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with…

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The car suddenly veered off the road and we came to a sliding halt in the gravel. I was hurled against the…

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When you push a car off a cliff and blow it up, be sure to roll the windows down to avoid shrapnel.…

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America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no…

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The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a…

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We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something…

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Every deadline was a crisis … No doubt it has something to do with a deep-seated personality defect, or maybe a kink…

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Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless…

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

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Who knows? If there is in fact, a heaven and a hell, all we know for sure is that hell will be…

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By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart…

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No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What…

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“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs”

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Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.

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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…

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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.

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Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions…

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“No doubt they all Got What Was Coming To Them. All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding…

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