It's much more fun to run a political campaign than it is to be the candidate. — 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
On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if… — 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
The whole framework of the presidency is getting out of hand. It's come to the point where you almost can't run unless… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Most of my stuff is just a series of false leads. I'll approach a story as a subject and then make a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that… — 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
Nixon was a professional politician, and I despised everything he stood for -- but if he were running for president this year… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
October is the cruelest month of any election year, but by then, the pain is so great that even the strong are… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running… — 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
![“I had a truly horrible dream last night ... [Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Tyson and I] were on our way to a TV studio for a debate about his long-time working friendship with the powerful Bush family from Texas and how it might affect the next Bush presidency when The Terminator seizes power in…” quote by Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/027/hunter-s-thompson-278_behinds_i-had-a-truly-horrible-dream-last-night_1933532.jpg)
