"But our trip was different. It was a……" — Hunter S. Thompson
"But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that."
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445 Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson has 445 quotes on this site.
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Get out of control, but appear under control. It?s not bad to alarm other people, though ? it?s good for…
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Breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The…
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Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong…
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There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just…
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Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!
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I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And…
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They don't hardly make 'em like him any more - but just to be on the safe side, he should…
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In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.
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We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance magazines - we shall all…
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Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
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No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones…
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Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to…
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Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
— Niels Bohr
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It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to…
— Muhammad Ali
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I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.
— Muhammad Ali
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Well, for one thing, in the tradition of Zen that I've practiced, there is no prayerful worship and there is…
— Leonard Cohen
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Atheism in its negation of gods is at the same time the strongest affirmation of man, and through man, the…
— Emma Goldman
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Explain to people that everything they say is an affirmation. Everything they think is an affirmation. Everything! What you want…
— Louise Hay
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Most of us have lost that sense of unity of biosphere and humanity which would bind and reassure us all…
— Gregory Bateson
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Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey…
— Stephen Leacock
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Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life…
— Albert Schweitzer
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Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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This or something better now manifests for me in totally satisfying and harmonious ways, for the highest good of all…
— Shakti Gawain
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As I say yes to life, life says yes to me!
— Louise Hay
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