There is nothing worse than a man in the throws of an ether bender. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
A man never stoops so low as when he rises to the challenge of politics. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
To make a point of declaring friendship is to cheapen it. For men's emotions are very rarely put into words successfully. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I felt like a monster reincarnation of Horatio Alger: A man on the move, and just sick enough to be totally confident. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Jesus man! You don't look for acid! Acid finds you when *it* thinks you're ready. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
But I am in the gambling business, for good or ill; it is the business I have chosen, and the only governing… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
A man who has blown all his options can’t afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever… — 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
The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every… — 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… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
[Richard M. Nixon was] a foul caricature of himself, a man with no soul, no inner convictions, with the integrity of a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a… — 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
Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to… — 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
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
There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Just the other day the AP wire had a story about a man from Arkansas who entered some kind of contest and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Goddammit. Yeah, I have. First, there's a huge difference between being arrested and being guilty. Second, see, the law changes and I… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The streets of every city in America are filled with men who would pay all the money they could lay their hands… — 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
Richard Nixon was an evil man - evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
North Vegas is where you go if you're a hooker turning forty and the syndicate men on the strip decide you're no… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Ah, lives there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said As he hunched and rolled in his… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume… — 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