Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you… — 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
So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go… — 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
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
“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
“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
I find that by putting things in writing I can understand them and see them a little more objectively ... For words… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Sounds of a San Juan night, drifting across the city through layers of humid air; sounds of life and movement, people getting… — 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
As a senior, you may be wondering what you want to do with your life after high school. College? Travel? Get a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
My life has been the polar opposite of safe, but I am proud of it and so is my son, and that… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Rush Limbaugh is a lame professional swine, and he makes a good living at it. He is like a hired geek in… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for… — 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
“There was also socio-psychic factor. Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only… — 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
The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup… — 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
I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I’m not trying to send you out “on the road” in search of Valhalla, but merely pointing out that it is not… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
This is the way life goes in Big Sur. Waiting for the mail, watching the sea-lions in the surf or the freighters… — 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
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
“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
“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
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
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
“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
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
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
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
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
“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
“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
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… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
There's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
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… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share
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