“I’ve spent enough time in jackrabbit country to know that most of them lead pretty dull lives . . . No wonder… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“A totally befuddled voter may look at a Vote for McGovern sign and do just that.” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Security ... what does this word mean in relation to life as we know it today? For the most part, it means… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Successful con men are treated with considerable respect in the South. A good slice of the settler population of that region were… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“It was necessary, we felt, to thoroughly terrify our opponents, so that even in hollow victory, they would learn to fear every… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I can’t recommend the food at that place, because they wouldn’t let me eat.” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“One of the worst incidents of that era caused no complaints at all: this was a sort of good-natured firepower demonstration, which… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Whatever else the Florida primary might or might not have proved, it put a definite kink in the Media Theory of politics.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Every time I think of Tim Leary I get angry. He was a liar and a quack and a worse human being… — 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
