--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: And what kind of sick and twisted impulse…" description: "\"“And what kind of sick and twisted impulse would cause a professional sportswriter to deliver a sermon from the Book of Revelations off his hotel balco..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/hunter-s-thompson-278_books_and-what-kind-of-sick-and-twisted-impuls_1265198.jpg" --- # And what kind of sick and twisted impulse would cause a… ![“And what kind of sick and twisted impulse would cause a professional sportswriter to deliver a sermon from the Book of Revelations off his hotel balcony on the dawn of Super Sunday? I had not planned a sermon for that morning. I had not even planned to be in Houston, for that matter… . But now…” quote by Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/hunter-s-thompson-278_books_and-what-kind-of-sick-and-twisted-impuls_1265198.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/hunter-s-thompson-278_books_and-what-kind-of-sick-and-twisted-impuls_1265198.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/hunter-s-thompson-278_books_and-what-kind-of-sick-and-twisted-impuls_1265198.jpg) > ““And what kind of sick and twisted impulse would cause a professional sportswriter to deliver a sermon from the Book of Revelations off his hotel balcony on the dawn of Super Sunday? I had not planned a sermon for that morning. I had not even planned to be in Houston, for that matter… . But now, looking back on that outburst, I see a certain inevitability about it. Probably it was a crazed and futile effort to somehow explain the extremely twisted nature of my relationship with God, Nixon and the National Football League: The three had long since become inseparable in my mind, a sort of unholy trinity that had caused me more trouble and personal anguish in the past few months than Ron Ziegler, Hubert Humphrey and Peter Sheridan all together had caused me in a year on the campaign trail.”” [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The author describes a chaotic, desperate outburst linking personal, with political and cultural icons, reflecting inner turmoil. **In simple terms:** Chaotic rant linking personal crisis with larger symbols. Key Takeaway Channel turmoil into constructive expression. Themes politics religion sports identity crisis Mood frustrated conflicted Type personal political When to use this quote - public speaking - personal crisis - media commentary Key Concepts existentialism media critique Questions to Reflect On - What drives the need to connect disparate symbols? - How can one express crisis without sensationalism? 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