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Hunter S. Thompson quotes: All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him. All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: A man has to BE something; he has to matter. A man has to BE something; he has to matter.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The Sixties were an era of extreme reality. I miss the smell of tear gas. I miss the fear of getting beaten. The Sixties were an era of extreme reality. I miss the smell of tear gas. I miss the fear of getting beaten.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I think you either have to have a very strong decisive person at the top or else a really brilliant staff command. I think you either have to have a very strong decisive person at the top or else a really brilliant staff command.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Some may never live, but the crazy never die. Some may never live, but the crazy never die.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: And the sad notes floated out to thepatio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly And the sad notes floated out to the
patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Why did she have to happen? Just when I was doing so good without her. Why did she have to happen? Just when I was doing so good without her.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye. You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: You people voted for Hubert Humphrey and killed Jesus! You people voted for Hubert Humphrey and killed Jesus!
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Familiarity seems to breed contempt Familiarity seems to breed contempt
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these Abu Ghraib photographs did. Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these Abu Ghraib photographs did.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Our vibrations were getting nasty. But why? Was there no communication in this car? Had we deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts? Our vibrations were getting nasty. But why? Was there no communication in this car? Had we deteriorated to the level of dumb beasts?
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious ... Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious ...
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: We'd be fools not to ride this strange torpedo all the way out to the end. We'd be fools not to ride this strange torpedo all the way out to the end.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: With rare exceptions, the outlaw bike is a Harley 74, With rare exceptions, the outlaw bike is a Harley 74,
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I beat him like a mad dog with mange every time I got a chance, and I am proud of it. He was scum. I beat him like a mad dog with mange every time I got a chance, and I am proud of it. He was scum.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Kill the body and the head will die. Kill the body and the head will die.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Hungry people have the cunning of wild beasts. Hungry people have the cunning of wild beasts.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Remember this, folks - I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another. Remember this, folks - I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always Bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Fear? I know not fear. There are only moments of confusion. Fear? I know not fear. There are only moments of confusion.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Platitudes are safe, because they're easy to wink at, but truth is something else again. Platitudes are safe, because they're easy to wink at, but truth is something else again.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Journalism is a low trade and a habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world of misfits and drunkards and failures. Journalism is a low trade and a habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world of misfits and drunkards and failures.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: What do you want? Where's the goddamn ice I ordered? Where's the booze? There's a war on, man! People are being killed! What do you want? Where's the goddamn ice I ordered? Where's the booze? There's a war on, man! People are being killed!
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The mind and body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs and music. The mind and body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs and music.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional. When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: We are going out again in search of the American dream. We are going out again in search of the American dream.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The Raiders of old were vicious and crazy and cruel. Hanging around their locker room was like hanging around the weight room at Folsom Prison. The Raiders of old were vicious and crazy and cruel. Hanging around their locker room was like hanging around the weight room at Folsom Prison.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why. Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Never fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition. Never fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The point is valid: the difference between survival and wipe-out in a physical crisis is nearly always a matter of conditioned reflexes. The point is valid: the difference between survival and wipe-out in a physical crisis is nearly always a matter of conditioned reflexes.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: As your attorney I advise you to get the chiliburger. It's a hamburger with chili on it. As your attorney I advise you to get the chiliburger. It's a hamburger with chili on it.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Las Vegas is not the kind of town where you want to drive down Main Street aiming a black bazooka-looking instrument at people. Las Vegas is not the kind of town where you want to drive down Main Street aiming a black bazooka-looking instrument at people.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: At the top of the mountain we are all snow leopards. At the top of the mountain we are all snow leopards.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: What kind of rat bastard psychotic would play that song- right now, at this moment? What kind of rat bastard psychotic would play that song- right now, at this moment?
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Arriving half-drunk in a foreign place is hard on the nerves. You have a feeling that something is wrong, that you can't get a grip. Arriving half-drunk in a foreign place is hard on the nerves. You have a feeling that something is wrong, that you can't get a grip.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces. Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Today's pig is tomorrows bacon! Today's pig is tomorrows bacon!
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as a writer ... in the Arab sense that the enemy of my enemy was my friend. Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as a writer ... in the Arab sense that the enemy of my enemy was my friend.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it. It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: It's in my interest, in ours perhaps, or maybe the interests of the greater good, for me to smoke a joint, and calm down. It's in my interest, in ours perhaps, or maybe the interests of the greater good, for me to smoke a joint, and calm down.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Everybody has the same chance but you need to be rich ... Everybody has the same chance but you need to be rich ...
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane. The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Writing is the flip side of sex - it's only good when it's over. Writing is the flip side of sex - it's only good when it's over.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain. 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 quotes: All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes. All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing. I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Any kind of political campaign that taps the kind of energy that nothing else can reach would generate a tremendous high for everybody involved in it. Any kind of political campaign that taps the kind of energy that nothing else can reach would generate a tremendous high for everybody involved in it.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Insanity is a legal term. Crazy is an art form. Insanity is a legal term. Crazy is an art form.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids. It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Too weird to live, and too rare to die. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I feel trapped if I know I can't kill myself at anytime I feel trapped if I know I can't kill myself at anytime
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: A word to the wise is infuriating. A word to the wise is infuriating.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was the fact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Call on God, but row away from the rocks. Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The pleasure is in the path, the search for something good ... The pleasure is in the path, the search for something good ...
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Never mind the track. The track is for punks. We are Road People. We are Cafe Racers. Never mind the track. The track is for punks. We are Road People. We are Cafe Racers.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: On my tombstone they will carve, IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME. On my tombstone they will carve, IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: A group photo of the top ten journalists in America on any given day would be a monument to human ugliness. A group photo of the top ten journalists in America on any given day would be a monument to human ugliness.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here. I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: God's mercy on you degenerate swine. God's mercy on you degenerate swine.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no! Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Pray to God, but row away from the rocks. Pray to God, but row away from the rocks.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate. Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal. There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted. I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: It was necessary, we felt, to thoroughly terrify our opponents, so that even in hollow victory, they would learn to fear every sunrise ... It was necessary, we felt, to thoroughly terrify our opponents, so that even in hollow victory, they would learn to fear every sunrise ...
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors. Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: It's Your World...Pay Attention It's Your World...Pay Attention
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life. Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously. Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: But why not float if you have no goal? That is another question. It is unquestionably better to enjoy the floating than to swim in uncertainty. But why not float if you have no goal? That is another question. It is unquestionably better to enjoy the floating than to swim in uncertainty.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I've already become a mastodon in print - I don't see a consciousness for my kind of journalism. I've already become a mastodon in print - I don't see a consciousness for my kind of journalism.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs. The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top. It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: In the argot of the cycle world the Harley is a "hog," and the outlaw bike is a "chopped hog. In the argot of the cycle world the Harley is a "hog," and the outlaw bike is a "chopped hog.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Writing is the flip side of sex - it's good only when it's over. Writing is the flip side of sex - it's good only when it's over.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws. We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: ...if that Watergate case ever gets into court, he might get very nervous. ...if that Watergate case ever gets into court, he might get very nervous.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Real happiness, in politics, is a wide-open hammer shot on some poor bastard who knows he's been trapped, but can't flee. Real happiness, in politics, is a wide-open hammer shot on some poor bastard who knows he's been trapped, but can't flee.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: We can't stop here, this is bat country! We can't stop here, this is bat country!
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The crazy never die. The crazy never die.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: If there is in fact, a heaven and a hell, all we know for sure is that hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix. If there is in fact, a heaven and a hell, all we know for sure is that hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: You will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it hurts both waysbut it doesn't hurt as much when you're right. You will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it hurts both ways
but it doesn't hurt as much when you're right.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Have an objective to give your bender a theme. For instance, stalking and killing a wild pig with a bowie knife. Have an objective to give your bender a theme. For instance, stalking and killing a wild pig with a bowie knife.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: We must ride this strange torpedo out until the end. We must ride this strange torpedo out until the end.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Richard Nixon looks like a flaming liberal today, compared to a golem like George Bush. Indeed. Where is Richard Nixon now that we finally need him? Richard Nixon looks like a flaming liberal today, compared to a golem like George Bush. Indeed. Where is Richard Nixon now that we finally need him?
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars. Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: We are going to Court, Andrew. We are champions! We will crush them like cheap roaches! TODAY'S PIG IS TOMORROW'S BACON! We are going to Court, Andrew. We are champions! We will crush them like cheap roaches! TODAY'S PIG IS TOMORROW'S BACON!
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem. I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: Relax - This won't hurt. Relax - This won't hurt.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: The Jews don't beleive in Jesus! Why should I?! WHOOOEEEE!! The Jews don't beleive in Jesus! Why should I?! WHOOOEEEE!!
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: I am a child of the American Century, and I feel a genetic commitment to understanding why it happened, and why I take it so personally. I am a child of the American Century, and I feel a genetic commitment to understanding why it happened, and why I take it so personally.
Hunter S. Thompson quotes: You cheap honky faggots," he snarled. "Which one of you wants to get cut? You cheap honky faggots," he snarled. "Which one of you wants to get cut?

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