I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The years after 2000 will be a monumental change in the way life is lived here. It will be harder and harder… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
No one HAS to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life. But then again, if that’s… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
In San Francisco - life goes on. Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairy-tale artist, you have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Ah, that we lack the courage of our romantic convictions; and thereby miss the wine of life, forgoing the very thing that… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[Polo Is My Life] is what's called a sex book - you know, sex, drugs and rock and roll. It's about the… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
When you write for a living and you can't do anything else, you know that sooner or later that the deadline is… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously. — 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