Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
He had come so far from himself that I don't think he knew who he was anymore. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe. I am quite sincere… — 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
Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
My life has been the polar opposite of safe, but I am proud of it and so is my son, and that… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I think George Washington owned guns. I've never seen any contradiction with that. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life. — 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
["Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"] is a very hard book to translate to film because there's so much interior monologue. The… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his… — 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
There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just look around… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Good people drink good beer. Just look around any public barroom and you will see: Bad people drink bad beer. Think about… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
They're gonna make it look like suicide. I know how those bastards think. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney,… — 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
I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
In San Francisco - life goes on. Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm doing an introduction for one of Ralph's [Steadman] books. He's doing something called Gonzo, the Art I think he's stealing from… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I think you either have to have a very strong decisive person at the top or else a really brilliant staff command. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Anybody who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted and sent off to fight and die in a… — 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