Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It might be a little rough on some people for a while, but I think it's the only way to deal with… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
George McGovern, for all his mistakes... understands what a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race this country… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless… — 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
I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The importance of Liking Yourself is a notion that fell heavily out of favor during the coptic, anti-ego frenzy of the Acid… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
One of the few ways I can almost be certain I'll understand something is by sitting down and writing about it. Because… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The slow-rising central horror of "Watergate" is not that it might grind down to the reluctant impeachment of a vengeful thug of… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I think it might be better to have the President sort of like the King of England - or the Queen -… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Every deadline was a crisis … No doubt it has something to do with a deep-seated personality defect, or maybe a kink… — 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
“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