"What passed for society was a loud, giddy……" — Hunter S. Thompson
"What passed for society was a loud, giddy whirl of thieves and pretentious hustlers, a dull sideshow full of quacks and clowns and philistines with gimp mentalities."
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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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More Clown Quotes
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I've always been a clown trapped in a leading man's body.
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As I see it, fast food outfits have targeted small children with their advertising in a very effective way. You…
— Anthony Bourdain
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I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but…
— Tim Burton
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I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far…
— Charlie Chaplin
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I got through my teen years by being a bit of a clown.
— Diane Cilento
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She was this incredible mom. With each of her kids, she did something called `time,' where she would spend an…
— Jeff Bridges
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On the golf course, a man may be the dogged victim of inexorable fate, be struck down by an appalling…
— Bobby Jones
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The comic spirit masquerades in all things we say and do. We are each a clown and do not need…
— James Hillman
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I've had this look for about a year. I usually grow this beard out around Christmas. I like to go…
— Marc Maron
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I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the…
— Roberto Benigni
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A clown is like aspirin, only he works twice as fast.
— Groucho Marx
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All the world loves a clown.
— Cole Porter
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