I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Allen [ Ginsberg] was a particular friend, one of my heroes, really. I knew him almost as long as I've been writing. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
A little bit of this town goes a very long way. After five days in Vegas you feel like you've been here… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long. It is the quickest event in sports,… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of “history” it seems entirely reasonable… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I felt a strange tightness coming over me, and I reacted instinctively – for the first time in a long, long while… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
we left about midnight and walked down the hill in silence. the night was muggy, and all around me i felt the… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name. Remembered line from a long- forgotten poem — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is probably some long-standing "rule" among writers, journalists, and other word-mongers that says: "When you start stealing from your own work… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
John F. Kennedy, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because… — 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
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