All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
It was a maddening image and the only way to whip it was to hang on until dusk and banish the ghosts… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
There's a terrible danger in voting for the lesser of two evils because the parties can set it up that way. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Given my calling I had to stumble across people who felt the same way. I was a young reporter. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I was kind of relieved with the way the book [The Proud Highway] came out. It's beyond an autobiography or a biography.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
He wandered into the Newsroom and asked for a job the same way he’d walk into a barbershop and ask for a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
A little bit of this town goes a very long way. After five days in Vegas you feel like you've been here… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
"Perceive" is the word that became in the '72 campaign what "charisma" was for the 1960, '64 and even the '68 campaigns.… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The years after 2000 will be a monumental change in the way life is lived here. It will be harder and harder… — 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
There is a progression of understanding vis-à-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance --physical, emotional, intellectual and every… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance magazines - we shall all someday look… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
There is no way to understand the public reaction to the sight of a Freak smashing a coconut with a hammer on… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
That's where Time magazine lives ... way out there on the puzzled, masturbating edge, peering through the keyhole and selling what they… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance -- physical, emotional, intellectual and… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
In the terms of our Great Society the Hell's Angels and their ilk are losers - dropouts, failures and malcontents. They are… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and -- in spite of True Romance magazines -- we shall all someday look… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish—a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of… — 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
I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
No cop was ever born who wasn't a sucker for a finely-executed high-speed Controlled Drift all the way around one of those… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I’m a word freak. I like words. I’ve always compared writing to music. That’s the way I feel about good paragraphs. When… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way. By the… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Remember this, folks - I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
If you work in either journalism or politics... you will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
This is the way life goes in Big Sur. Waiting for the mail, watching the sea-lions in the surf or the freighters… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon… — 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
And in fact the only way I can deal with this eerie situation at all is to make a conscious decision that… — 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
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