--- title: "5 Dull Quotes By Hunter S. Thompson" description: "5 Dull quotes by Hunter S. Thompson. Plus more from Hunter S. Thompson and more Dull sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/hunter-s-thompson-278_alternatives_with-the-truth-so-dull-and-depressing-th_1113371.jpg" --- > [With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/with-the-truth-so-dull-and-depressing-the-only-working-alternative-is/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc5/hunter-s-thompson-278_alternatives_with-the-truth-so-dull-and-depressing-th_1113371.jpg) > [The scene I had just witnessed (a couple making love in the ocean) brought back a lot of memories – not of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-scene-i-had-just-witnessed-a-couple-making-love-in-the-ocean/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/hunter-s-thompson-278_couple_the-scene-i-had-just-witnessed-a-couple_1437936.jpg) > [That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/that-is-the-problem-with-this-rich-and-anguished-generation-somewhere/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/hunter-s-thompson-278_candidates_that-is-the-problem-with-this-rich-and-a_2448041.jpg) > [“I was glad to be rid of him. He was one of those people who could go to New York and be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-was-glad-to-be-rid-of-him-he-was-one-of-those-people-who-could-go/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/hunter-s-thompson-278_dull_i-was-glad-to-be-rid-of-him-he-was-one-o_3200363.jpg) > [What passed for society was a loud, giddy whirl of thieves and pretentious hustlers, a dull sideshow full of quacks and clowns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/what-passed-for-society-was-a-loud-giddy-whirl-of-thieves-and/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/776/hunter-s-thompson-278_clown_what-passed-for-society-was-a-loud-giddy_3201908.jpg) ## Other authors on Dull ## More by Hunter S. Thompson > [“There was also the fact that sending a penniless writer to get $135 worth of beer was — as Khrushchev said of Nixon —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/there-was-also-the-fact-that-sending-a-penniless-writer-to-get-135/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [“Cases of champagne and scotch lay broken in the street, and everyone I saw had a bottle. They were screaming and dancing, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/cases-of-champagne-and-scotch-lay-broken-in-the-street-and-everyone-i/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [No music + Bad TV = Bad mood & no pages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/no-music-bad-tv-bad-mood-no-pages/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/by-disgracing-and-degrading-the-presidency-of-the-united-states-by/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/no-one-holds-command-over-me-no-man-no-god-no-prince-what-is-a-claim/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-person-who-doesn-t-scatter-the-morning-dew-will-not-comb-grey/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/hope-rises-and-dreams-flicker-and-die-love-plans-for-tomorrow-and/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/if-we-get-chased-out-of-iraq-with-our-tail-between-our-legs-that-will/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/at-age-22-i-set-what-i-insist-is-an-all-time-record-for-distance/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/paranoia-is-just-another-mask-for-ignorance-the-truth-when-you/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [“No doubt they all Got What Was Coming To Them. All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/no-doubt-they-all-got-what-was-coming-to-them-all-those-pathetically/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/for-several-months-they-d-been-drifting-toward-political-involvement/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/he-wandered-into-the-newsroom-and-asked-for-a-job-the-same-way-he-d/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [There's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/there-s-no-point-in-getting-into-politics-at-all-unless-you-plan-to/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/there-s-a-lot-of-things-wrong-with-this-country-but-one-of-the-few/) [Hunter S. 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