"Perceive" is the word that became in the '72 campaign what "charisma" was for the 1960, '64 and even the '68 campaigns.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It's the difference between watching a football game between two teams you don't care about, and watching a game where you have… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
One of them is knowing the difference between Morality and Wisdom. Morality is temporary, Wisdom is permanent… Ho ho. Take that one… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Goddammit. Yeah, I have. First, there's a huge difference between being arrested and being guilty. Second, see, the law changes and I… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image