Life Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

— Hunter S. Thompson

You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Life is beautiful and living is pain.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Good people drink good beer.

— Hunter S. Thompson

We must ride this strange torpedo out until the end.

— Hunter S. Thompson

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.

— Hunter S. Thompson

I damn well intend to keep on living the way I think I should.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life.

— Hunter S. Thompson

All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name. Remembered line from a long- forgotten poem

— Hunter S. Thompson

It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.

— Hunter S. Thompson

The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life

— Hunter S. Thompson

sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on,…

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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…

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She was wearing the same clothes, but now she looked haggard and dirty. The delicate illusions that get us through life can…

— Hunter S. Thompson

With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his…

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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

I am more than just a serious basketball fan. I am a life-long addict. I was addicted from birth, in fact, because…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“The prevailing quality of life in America -- by any accepted methods of measuring -- was unarguably freer and more politically open…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body,…

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I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Finding meaning in life is not about looking for a specific goal. That is a fruitless path. It is about seeking a…

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When you write for a living and you can't do anything else, you know that sooner or later that the deadline is…

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To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume…

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One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure…

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I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still…

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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

“It is from the bystanders (who are in the vast majority) that we receive the propaganda that life is not worth living,…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“So it was always at night, like a werewolf, that I would take the thing out for an honest run down the…

— Hunter S. Thompson

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

“Well … yes, and here we go again. But before we get to The Work, as it were, I want to make…

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“Security ... what does this word mean in relation to life as we know it today? For the most part, it means…

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“KNOW YOUR DOPE FIEND. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! You will not be able to see his eyes because of the…

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I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time.

— Hunter S. Thompson

It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

— Hunter S. Thompson

“It just more or less burns em, that’s all. They hate anything that’s not right for their way of living.”

— Hunter S. Thompson