It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die.” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me — 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
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
No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Houston is a cruel, crazy town on a filthy river in East Texas with no zoning laws and a culture of sex,… — 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
“The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“The Republican establishment is haunted by painful memories of what happened to Old Man Bush in 1992. He peaked too early and… — 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
