"Nixon was a crook, of course, but he……" — Hunter S. Thompson
"Nixon was a crook, of course, but he was also a rabid football fan - and he knew the game, which still astounds me, but I have always had a soft spot for him because of it."
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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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It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to…
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I still can’t believe [ Muhammad Ali ] knows my name. It astounds me he knows who I am. I…
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When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.
— Clement of Alexandria
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However often we turn to it [the Koran] at first disgusting us each time afresh, it soon attracts, astounds, and…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I think he [Raul] is the greatest player to have ever played the game. He walks on the turf and…
— Luis Figo
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The body's a mirror of heaven: Its energies make angels jealous. Our purity astounds seraphim. Devils shiver at our nerve.
— Rumi
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... a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or…
— Sara Gruen
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My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can't myself answer. It astounds me to…
— Henry Adams
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If the glass there in front of me astounds me more than all the glasses I've seen in painting, and…
— Alberto Giacometti
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Angel?" I said. "Baby penguins eat a regurgitated mixture of partially digested fish, krill, and an oily substance form their…
— James Patterson
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The life so brief, the art so long in the learning, the attempt so hard, the conquest so sharp, the…
— Geoffrey Chaucer
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That someone can want something out of another person who gives absolutely nothing in return astounds me.
— Melina Marchetta
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